“Literally not getting enough visual input” has long been my theory of seasonal affective disorder. Relevant paper cited by @slatestarcodexhttps://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/the-quirky-brain-how-depression-may-alter-visual-perception …
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Tbc, Scott suggests the causality runs in the opposite direction only, at least in the case of vision, although he considers both possibilities.pic.twitter.com/bjScRiYnbI
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I treat SAD effectively with lights that are MUCH brighter than any commercially available. This works pretty well, but has drawbacks (they are hot, noisy, only illuminate a small area adequately, etc)https://meaningness.com/metablog/sad-light-led-lux …
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I’ve considered several experiments to test the hypothesis, and develop potential treatments. Unfortunately these would mostly require proper clinical trials. One is to use low doses of eye-dilating drugs to just get more light in. I’d give that an even chance of working.
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Hmm... potentially interesting connections to Friston's FEP/predictive encoding model of neural function... The dark room problem as not merely a theoretical gotcha but an actual psychological failure state?
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Reminds me of Seth Roberts experiments with morning faces > In 1995, I found that if I see faces in the morning, I feel better the next day. If I see faces Monday morning, I feel better on Tuesday.https://sethroberts.net/morning-faces-therapy-resources/ …
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I had a similar short (size of 3 tweets) hypothesis based on Ashby's Law: https://alexbo.land/notes/learned_helplessness.html …
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Evidence in the gerontology literature for aggressive Tx with hearing aids & cataract removal as a means of decreasing incidence & severity of depression. As
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You know, I was surprised Scott didn't mention the correlation between Kallman's syndrome and anosmia.
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