Do you have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? Playing Tetris might help you - GoFuckYourself.com

$5 submissions · 11-13-2010, 01:21 PM

Besides being useful for wasting tons of time, Tetris might helps PTSD sufferrers avoid flashbacks that trigger anxiety

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...lashbacks.html

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Oxford University researchers think the game might help prevent the flashbacks that can signal the onset of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Tetris, they said in a study published Wednesday in the journal PLoS ONE, could be a ?cognitive vaccine? if played soon after exposure to traumatic events.

Researchers used two experiments. In one, 60 healthy participants watched a film featuring scenes involving injury and death. Then, after a half-hour break, one-third of the group played Tetris while the rest played a quiz-style video game or did nothing.

The Tetris players were found to have the fewest flashbacks; the players of the quiz players had the most. Researchers theorized that players who used language and trivia skills were tapping a different part of their brains that couldn?t interfere with the flashbacks, which use visual images.

The second experiment was nearly identical but involved 78 participants who took a four-hour break after viewing the film. The results were roughly the same.

sandman! · 11-13-2010, 01:35 PM

tetris is a fun oldschool game.

seeandsee · 11-13-2010, 01:42 PM

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ottopottomouse · 11-13-2010, 02:25 PM

Makes sense.

Although they will have their heads full of Tetris instead and will probably be seeing the game in their sleep.

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11-13-2010, 02:25 PM	#4
ottopottomouse She is ugly, bad luck. Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,177	Makes sense. Although they will have their heads full of Tetris instead and will probably be seeing the game in their sleep. __________________ ↑ see post ↑ 13101