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guardian.co.uk - 1/7/2009
Tetris: an excellent treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder?
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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 , which was conducted at the department of ...
BBC NEWS | Health | Tetris 'helps to reduce trauma'
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/7/2009
BBC NEWS | Health | Tetris 'helps to reduce trauma'
— news.bbc.co.uk — 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 ... (more) BBC NEWS | Health | Tetris 'helps to reduce trauma'

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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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Tetris can wipe out your traumas
news.cnet.com - 1/7/2009
Tetris can wipe out your traumas
— news.cnet.com — Scientists at Oxford University believe that the first thing you should do after you get your head... kicked in (after calling 911) is to play Tetris. (more) Tetris can wipe out your traumas

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Joystiq:  In small doses: Tetris is a PTSD 'vaccine,' prevents flashbacks, study finds

Techdirt:  New PTSD Cure: Tetris

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In small doses: Tetris is a PTSD 'vaccine,' prevents flashbacks, study finds
Joystiq — ... days that followed, according to mandatory diaries kept by the participants. The results suggest that Tetris acts as a "cognitive vaccine" against the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which correlates with contemporary treatments that call for the use of visual "distractions" to treat reoccurring mental trauma. But much like Heroin before it, Tetris may end up being the cure that needs to be cured. In other words: Use only as directed. [Via guardian.co.uk] In small doses: Tetris is a PTSD 'vaccine,' prevents flashbacks, study ...

New PTSD Cure: Tetris
Techdirt — A newly published study from Oxford University suggests that Tetris is a useful tool for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. The study doesn't seem wholly comprehensive, but the basic idea is that the game engages the mind in such a way that it's essentially too busy working out where to put the pieces to have flashbacks. The key is that the game requires "visuospatial cognitive tasks" that preclude the mind's ability to generate mental images, so it's not necessarily Tetris itself that's the treatment, but rather it and other games that engage the mind in the same way -- ...

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