News tagged with tetris
Brain training computer game improves some cognitive functions relatively quickly
The brain training computer game "Brain Age" can improve executive functions and processing speed, even with a relatively short training period, but does not affect global cognitive status or attention, according to a study ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Tetris flashback reduction effect 'not common to all games'
The computer game Tetris may have a special ability to reduce flashbacks after viewing traumatic images not shared by other types of computer game, Oxford University scientists have discovered in a series ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Tetris passes 100 million paid mobile downloads
(AP) -- Tetris is the best-selling mobile game of all time, with more than 100 million paid downloads on cell phones around the world.
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Organizational psychologists use Rock Band to study how people achieve flow while at work
By playing the video game Rock Band for an hour, Kansas State University students were able to help a pair of psychology professors with their research to understand how people can achieve flow while at work or while performing ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Is Tetris good for the brain?
Brain imaging shows playing Tetris leads to a thicker cortex and may also increase brain efficiency, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Research Notes. A research team based in ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 01, 2009 |
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'Tetris' may help reduce flashbacks to traumatic events
(PhysOrg.com) -- Playing ‘Tetris’ after traumatic events could reduce the flashbacks experienced in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), preliminary research by Oxford University psychologists suggests.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 07, 2009 |
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