BBC NEWS | Health | Tetris 'helps to reduce trauma' (flag)

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 fewer "flashbacks", perhaps because it helped ...

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Tetris Might Help Trauma Victims
GameDaily BIZ Features Feed — The BBC is reporting that researchers have used Tetris to reduce traumatic stress. The PLoS One journal notes that volunteers, who were first exposed to distressing images, were then given the puzzle game to play a half-hour later. Those that played Tetris had fewer "flashbacks," which according to scientists, may be because the game may have prevented forming of permanent memories. Researchers are hoping this will help create new treatments in battling Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but a lot of work still needs to be done. "We wanted to find a way to dampen down ...

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 — ... 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!] ...

Anonymous doctor explains the true benefit of videogames
Fidgit Atom Feed — ... Gaming blogs like this are usually delighted to pass along whatever "games are actually good for you!" stories we can find, such as this tidbit about using Tetris to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, found on ...

Advocacy Blog Blasts Report that Tetris Helps with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
GamePolitics News — ... A UK study which claims that playing Tetris can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder received wide play in the gaming press this week. ...

Using Tetris as a potential treatment for PTSD (Holmes et al., 2009)
VG Researcher - Psychology — Originally picked this article up from BPS Research Digest Blog , then news spread through mainstream and blogging news. So, gamepolitics.com , BBC News , even my own homeplace’s newspaper picked up via Reuters . This study is about the use of Tetris in preventing PTSD , specifically preventing traumatic memories from forming in long-term memory. 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 ...