20th
January
2009
Playing Tetris is good for you
posted in - Offbeat news, - Palmdoc |
That is if you have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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 disrupt the laying down of memories, said the scientists.
I fancy playing Bejewelled will have the same beneficial effect. However students beware, since it does “disrupt the laying down of memories” I don’t think it is a good idea to do this often prior to exams 
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