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NomNom@feddit.ukBanned to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

Study shows that digital treatment with Tetris gameplay can dramatically reduce trauma memories

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Study shows that digital treatment with Tetris gameplay can dramatically reduce trauma memories

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Study shows that digital treatment with Tetris gameplay can dramatically reduce trauma memories | University of Oxford
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New research involving Oxford researchers has shown that a simple digital intervention that includes gameplay can dramatically reduce intrusive memories of trauma in a month, even to the point of being symptom-free after six months. This treatment was also very effective at reducing the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) more generally. The findings have been
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    Is it a good idea to over and over again line up all your traumatic memories just right so they disappear in one big satisfying poof though?

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      That is almost literally the conceptual mechanism being used here.

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    There is this relaxing version of Tetris. I usually play it when I have some thinking to do.
    https://lazytetris.com/

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    Interesting, I thought it didn’t replicate before…

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