January 8, 2009

Tetris Wipes Out Bad Memories, Say Scientists

hamandheroin:

According to researchers at Oxford University, playing the popular, classic puzzle game Tetris after a traumatic experience could significantly reduce emotional scars. Apparently Tetris—which requires serious brain power on your part—blocks your brain from storing those bad memories.

Read more here.

This is awesome.

Only proves….(this is the greatest video game ever created)

  1. bar6ara reblogged this from am- and added:
    I always play video games during traumatic periods of my life. Tetris got me thru a few family deaths. Now it’s Mario...
  2. deepr reblogged this from joncrowley and added:
    Tetris for the WIN.
  3. peroty reblogged this from anners and added:
    What other game has an entire documentary created about it?
  4. anners reblogged this from peterwknox
  5. esquisse reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    I’m going home to play Dr Mario to forget about today right now! peterwknox:
  6. krystalgomez reblogged this from missworld and added:
    could be why i only have happy memories of my childhood.
  7. eemiily reblogged this from hamandheroin
  8. zakreiter reblogged this from joncrowley and added:
    I laughed so hard, but then cried because all those months of playing Blockles must be the reason my memory is so...
  9. sugarhighz reblogged this from missworld and added:
    Personally I don’t think that finding something with a healing nature for traumatic events would be ever considered a...
  10. gasmo reblogged this from missworld and added:
    plainoljane:peterwknox:moderation:hamandheroin: According to researchers at Oxford University, playing
  11. ackb reblogged this from joncrowley
  12. rtraube reblogged this from 122782 and added:
    Sudoku and Masyu do it for me.
  13. 122782 reblogged this from katherinemarie and added:
    I seriously play way too much online Tetris. This was the only thing that kept me sane during the holidays in Indiana.
  14. elwhit reblogged this from hamandheroin
  15. joncrowley reblogged this from miltnr and added:
    This is the best news ever.
  16. miltnr reblogged this from moderation and added:
    The big question is whether or not Dr. Mario has the same effect. Because really, the irony of that would be too, too...
  17. arisaja reblogged this from peterwknox
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  19. katherinemarie reblogged this from moderation and added:
    For safe keeping and later reference.
  20. moderation reblogged this from hamandheroin and added:
    Only proves….(this is
  21. hamandheroin posted this
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