New study: Playing Tetris can significantly reduce traumatic memories

A study published in The Lancet Psychiatry found that a new treatment called Imagery Competing Task Intervention (ICTI), which uses the visual game Tetris, can significantly reduce seasonal memories of trauma that are typical in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

They play Tetris for about 20 minutes, using the ability of "mental rotation" to manipulate the shapes of the blocks, this requires intense visual-spatial demands from the brain.

The goal is for the game's visual activities to "hijack" brain resources normally used for intrusive memories, making them less vivid and frequent.

People who took ICTI with Tetris saw a dramatic decrease in intrusive memories, from an average of 14 to just 1 per week within a month.

After 6 months, about 70% of participants who received this treatment reported no intrusive memories.

In addition to reducing intrusive memories, other PTSD symptoms improved, including anxiety, depression, and daily fatigue./CNA 

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