METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING MENTAL PROCESSES USING VIRTUAL REALITY Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC A61B5/16 G06F111/18 G06F17/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to psychiatry and functional diagnostics, and can be used for diagnosing disorders of psychophysiology, identifying the degree of risk of formation of mental abnormalities and tracking the dynamics of changes in a person's state. A method is proposed, including tapping test and stress testing, implemented using a hardware-software complex, which includes software for starting and conducting testing procedures using virtual reality technologies, a system for presenting auditory and olfactory stimuli and an automatic data processing system, and tapping test and stress testing are carried out using virtual reality technology, a speaker system with four speakers installed at a distance of at least 1 m from the patient at angles of 45°, 135°, 225°, 315° relative to his head, and a device for supplying odors, located at a distance of at least 1 m from the subject, the diagnostic results are generated automatically based on data processing algorithms embedded in the software part, and include a two-factor analysis, in which the subject's indicators and the results of the test tasks, while the assessment of the dynamics of changes in the state of a person is carried out according to the criteria.

EFFECT: invention provides an expansion of the arsenal of tools that ensure the accuracy of diagnosis and the exclusion of subjective influences on the subject.

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