Playing the video game Tetris can significantly reduce a hallmark symptom of PTSD- unpleasant and intrusive memories of a traumatic event. The corresponding study was published in BMC Medicine. Tetris ...

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Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

After a traumatic experience, victims and witnesses often struggle with intrusive memories. These powerful, painful images from the event pop into victims’ heads seemingly out of nowhere. This symptom ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A new study finds that playing Tetris for ...

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 disrupt the ...

I spent an alarmingly large chunk of 1989 trying to align a falling shower of digital building blocks into perfect rows of 10. The Russian video game Tetris had just caught on in the States. Like many ...