The neural basis of Tetris gameplay: implicating the role of visuospatial processing

T Agren, JM Hoppe, L Singh, EA Holmes, J Rosén - Current Psychology, 2021 - Springer
Tetris is not only a widely used entertaining computer game, but … intervention that targets
intrusive memories after trauma is … Tetris gameplay can prevent the formation and expression of …

Intrusive, Emotional Mental Imagery after Traumatic and Negative Events

EA Holmes, L Espinosa, RM Visser, MB Bonsall… - direct.mit.edu
… images after trauma (a behavioral protocol including Tetris … That is, can we prevent intrusive
memories after trauma rather … visuospatial computer game Tetris) reduces intrusive images …

Targeting intrusive imagery using a competing task technique: a case study

L Iyadurai, SA Hales, SE Blackwell, K Young… - Behavioural and …, 2020 - cambridge.org
… is a brief intervention including playing the visuospatial computer game Tetris to target a
highly disruptive symptom – intrusivePreventing intrusive memories after trauma via a brief

Selectively interfering with intrusive but not voluntary memories of a trauma film: accounting for the role of associative memory

A Lau-Zhu, RN Henson… - Clinical Psychological …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Intrusive memories of a traumatic event can be reduced by a … plus Tetris) shortly after asking
participants to watch a trauma … in preventing intrusive symptoms within the first week after

Feasibility of an adjunctive cognitive task in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

A Badawi, Z Steel, C Mahoney, D Berle - Discover Psychology, 2021 - Springer
… cognitive task interventions involving computer gameplay to … Therefore, our Tetris intervention
involved mental rotation … to intrusive memory trajectory following exposure to trauma [9, 10]…

A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental methods for modulating intrusive memories following lab-analogue trauma exposure in non-clinical …

MM Varma, S Zeng, L Singh, EA Holmes… - Nature Human …, 2024 - nature.com
prevents us from drawing strong conclusions regarding the … -world intrusion reduction using
the Trauma Reminder + TetrisTrauma Reminder + Tetris administered at the delayed post-…

Cognitive flexibility moderates the efficacy of a visuospatial intervention following exposure to analog trauma

A Hemi, MR Sopp, A Perel, EA Holmes… - Journal of Behavior …, 2023 - Elsevier
… A novel approach aims to prevent the development of such … intervention procedure (ie,
playing Tetris after a memory reminder using metal rotation) on levels of intrusive memories after

EMDR versus Tetris: minimizing post-traumatic stress symptoms of parents in the Neonatal Unit

V Craig, B Boyle, D McLaughlin - Neonatal Nurse Association …, 2023 - pure.qub.ac.uk
using either EMDR or the computer game Tetris to minimize post-traumatic stress symptoms
following a traumatic birth. … ✓ Fewer intrusive memories or flashbacks ✓ Lower rates of post-…

Developing thinking around mental health science: the example of intrusive, emotional mental imagery after psychological trauma

L Singh, L Espinosa, JL Ji, ML Moulds… - Cognitive …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
intervention delivered soon after trauma might prevent the … by 25 minutes of playing Tetris
(using mental rotation). Some … intrusive memories as a specific target symptom after trauma (…

Game-matching background music has an add-on effect for reducing emotionality of traumatic memories during reconsolidation intervention

C Jiang, W Chen, L Tao, J Wang, K Cheng… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… and reprocessing, and the computer game Tetris (14)]. It is … groups, and the ceiling effect
prevents us from finding a positive … playing Tetris can reduce the number of intrusive memories