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» Tetris and PTSD

“Researchers at Oxford University hypothesized that playing Tetris after witnessing violence would sap some of the cognitive resources the brain would normally rely on to form memories.  In the study (available in full at PLos ONE), participants were exposed to a 12-minute film containing real injury and death, and then given a 30-minute break.

After the break, one group was asked to play Tetris for 10 minutes while the other group did nothing.  For the following week, both groups were monitored to determine how much flashback memory they were experiencing. The group that played Tetris experienced significantly less flashback and significantly less post traumatic stress.”