Advice to 'Play Tetris' After a Traumatic Event May Have Some Basis in Science
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A 'cognitive vaccine'.
A 'cognitive vaccine'.
Tanya Garg blogs a study which finds that visuospatial tasks like playing Tetris, do not reduce the intensity and distress of…
Het spelen van videogames kan welzijn verhogen en kan zelfs herstel na trauma of andere psychische problemen ondersteunen. The…
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Enlarge / A giant Tetris board illuminating the windows of the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality in 2016. Playing Tetris provides a…
In the mid-1980s, a man named Alexey Pajitnov, a programmer at the Soviet Academy of Sciences, created something that would…
For some inexplicable reason, you watched the torture gore horror film Hostel over the weekend. On Monday, you're having…
For some inexplicable reason, you watched the torture gore horror film Hostel over the weekend. On Monday, you're having…
You’re probably all too familiar with Tetris as a procrastination tool – but did you know about its far more reputable role in…
Released on 6th of June 1984, Tetris is 30 years old today. Here’s a video where I try and explain something of the psychology…
Yesterday I had to use some skills I hoped I would never need, as a man collapsed in front of me while I was walking to work.
A study in 2009 tested the effect of Tetris on memory consolidation. Forty participants were split into two groups. After…
Can playing the computer game “Tetris” reduce the build-up of flashbacks for trauma? A proposal from cognitive science. “Flashbac…
Can playing the computer game “Tetris” reduce the build-up of flashbacks for trauma? A proposal from cognitive science. “Flashbac…
Everyone is familiar with Tetris. This simple, but addictive game has been studied quite a few times by researchers (see older…
This is an updated version of one of my favourite stories from last year, edited to include a sequel study that develops and…
People who have witnessed a violent event are often plagued by traumatic memories, sometimes lasting many years. Who would…
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Imagine an inoculation that a soldier could take within an hour or two of witnessing a particularly traumatic wartime event. If…
It would appear that games like Tetris may help in the treatment of PTSD - there’s apparently a six-hour period in which…