Spectral Analysis of the EEG of Subjects with Anxious-Phobic Disorders in a Virtual Reality Environment

At the present stage of development of information technology, virtual reality is widely used in various areas of human life, including for assessing the psychoemotional state of health. Spectral analysis of maximal EEG power in diff erent frequency ranges may allow markers for anxious-phobic disord...

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Published inBiomedical engineering Vol. 56; no. 6; pp. 429 - 434
Main Authors Tychkov, A. Yu, Chernyshov, D. S., Bofonova, N. S., Churakov, P. P., Yuldashev, Z. M., Gorbunov, V. N., Zolotarev, R. V., Alimuradov, A. K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.03.2023
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Agoraphobia
Analysis
Anxiety disorders
Biomaterials
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Computer applications
Disorders
Emotions
Engineering
Experiments
Fear & phobias
Forecasts and trends
Frequencies
Frequency ranges
Information technology
Maximum power
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Personal computers
Phobias
Physiology
Research methodology
Spectrum analysis
Virtual reality
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Summary:At the present stage of development of information technology, virtual reality is widely used in various areas of human life, including for assessing the psychoemotional state of health. Spectral analysis of maximal EEG power in diff erent frequency ranges may allow markers for anxious-phobic disorders to be identifi ed. This report describes an experiment carried out to assess the psychoemotional state of people with acrophobia in various states: at rest, being in a virtual reality helmet, and on exposure to a stressful stimulus (at a height in a virtual reality scene). Plots of the maximum power distribution density in individual EEG frequency bands are given. The values obtained can be used as criteria for assessing phobic anxiety disorders using virtual reality technology.
ISSN:0006-3398
1573-8256
DOI:10.1007/s10527-023-10250-6