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BBC NEWS | Health | Tetris 'helps to reduce trauma'
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/7/2009
BBC NEWS | Health | Tetris 'helps to reduce trauma'
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Playing the computer puzzle game Tetris can help reduce the effects of traumatic stress, UK researchers say. Volunteers were exposed to distressing images, with some given the game to play 30 minutes later, the PLoS One journal reported. Players had fewer "flashbacks", perhaps because it helped ...
guardian.co.uk - 1/7/2009
Tetris: an excellent treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder?
— guardian.co.uk — Tetris is good for easing the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), scientists have found. Yes, you... read that correctly: the infuriating, mind-swallowing piece-twiddling row-building game actually has a medical value . The research , ... (more) Tetris: an excellent treatment for post-traumatic stress ...

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Playing the video game 'Tetris' could reduce trauma claim Oxford University
telegraph.co.uk - 1/7/2009
Playing the video game 'Tetris' could reduce trauma claim Oxford University
— telegraph.co.uk — Playing the video game "Tetris" could reduce the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.... (more) Playing the video game 'Tetris' could reduce trauma ...

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plosone.org - 1/7/2009
Can Playing the Computer Game “Tetris” Reduce the Build-Up of Flashbacks for Trauma? A Proposal ...
— plosone.org — Abstract Background Flashbacks are the hallmark symptom of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Although we have successful treatments... for full-blown PTSD, early interventions are lacking. We propose the utility of developing a ‘cognitive vaccine’ to ... (more) Can Playing the Computer Game “Tetris” Reduce the ...

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Joystiq [Nintendo]:  Playing Tetris helps with trauma, study says

Kotaku:  Tetris Spells Trauma Relief [Games And Health]

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Playing Tetris helps with trauma, study says
Joystiq [Nintendo] — ... We've always been big fans of Tetris, to tell the truth, and now it would seem the game has real health benefits. According to a study done in the UK, the game can help those with post-traumatic stress disorder. The study exposed volunteers to ...

Tetris Spells Trauma Relief [Games And Health]
Kotaku — ... to happen, there was no true catastrophic event to cause the stress that the experiment was meant to test. "The volunteers here knew that something was going to happen, but they were not going to be harmed - a genuinely traumatic incident is different in scale, and is usually completely unexpected and marked by feelings of loss of control." There's only one thing left for the Oxford scientists to do. Kidnap people off the street, saw off their legs, and hand them a Gameboy. Tetris 'helps to reduce trauma' [BBC - Thanks Jonathan!]

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