Can Playing the Computer Game “Tetris” Reduce the Build-Up of Flashbacks for Trauma? A Proposal from Cognitive Science

An Author's Perspective referenced this article in "PTSD and Tetris" on 14 Jan 2009 at 20:16 GMT

"I think this is pretty important, given how few options we have for immediate treatment of Post-Traumatic"

chuza.org referenced this article in "Jogar ao Tetris evita síntomas de estrés post-traumático" on 07 Jan 2009 at 23:32 GMT

"Científicos británicos venhem de publicar um trabalho no que amosam a utilidade do Tetris, empregado como "vacina cognitiva" para evitar a apariçom de "flashbacks" logo de sofrer umha experiência traumática. Parece que jogar ao tetris durante as 6 horas posteriores a umha experiência chocante pode evitar a consolidaçom na memória dos recordos dessa experiência e assim suavizar os síntomas do estrés post-traumático"

LSUHSC New Orleans Libraries News referenced this article in "Tetris as a trauma reducer?" on 07 Jan 2009 at 17:18 GMT

"UK researchers say the video game Tetris may work to reduce Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, BBC news reports: The Oxford University experiment works on the principle that it may be possible to modify the way in which the brain forms memories in the ..."

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