{"id":30628,"date":"2026-02-22T19:26:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30628"},"modified":"2026-02-22T19:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:26:41","slug":"how-playing-tetris-can-help-reduce-traumatic-memory-flashbacks-according-to-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30628","title":{"rendered":"How playing Tetris can help reduce traumatic memory flashbacks, according to new study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Playing <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Tetris<\/em> could help reduce distressing memories of trauma, a study has found.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Health workers who played the classic computer game as part of their treatment experienced fewer flashbacks, researchers say.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Experts are now hoping to test the method, which they describe as \u201caccessible, scalable and adaptable\u201d, on a larger group of people.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The trial, carried out by researchers in the United Kingdom and Sweden, included 99 National Health Service (NHS) staff exposed to trauma at work \u2013 such as witnessing deaths \u2013 during <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">the Covid-19 pandemic<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tetris hit the global market in 1989 as the launch title of the Nintendo Game Boy. 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Photo: dpa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Some 40 patients were given the treatment, known as imagery competing task intervention (ICTI), which involved playing <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Tetris<\/em><\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3344065\/how-playing-tetris-can-help-reduce-traumatic-memory-flashbacks-according-new-study?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playing Tetris could help reduce distressing memories of trauma, a study has found. 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