Depression and Vision

So when they speak about seeing the world through Rose-coloured glasses, it seems the opposite is true if you’re feeling blue.

Researchers have verified that being depressed influences how people see the world, literally; previous studies have shown that when people are depressed, whether they are on medication or not, they see colours as greyer than they actually are.

Salmela, Socada, Söderholm, Heikkilä, Lahti, Ekelund, and Isometsä “confirmed that the processing of visual information is altered in depressed people, a phenomenon most likely linked with the processing of information in the cerebral cortex. The study was published in the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience.”

“Depression Affects Visual Perception.”  2021. Press release, University of Helsinki, https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/healthier-world/depression-affects-visua…