A method for creating a temporal-spatial dissociation between an ambient visual process and a focal visual process of a user is provided. The method includes rendering, via a parallactic ambient visual-field enhancing (PAVE) module configured to execute on a computing device communicatively coupled to a head mounted display device worn by a user, a fixation target and a background located behind the fixation target displayed within the head mounted display device. The method further includes updating, via the PAVE module, the rendering of the background within the head mounted display device, wherein the update comprises a virtual movement of the background behind the fixation target.