The positive impact playing Tetris can have on your mental health

Playing the classic video game Tetris could offer a novel approach to reducing distressing memories following trauma, a new ...
Psychology Today

Can Playing Tetris Make Trauma Easier to Manage?

After a traumatic experience, victims and witnesses often struggle with intrusive memories. These powerful, painful images from the event pop into victims’ heads seemingly out of nowhere. This symptom ...
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New developmental theory challenges traditional views on childhood trauma memories

A new developmental theory from an Iowa State researcher describes how our memory and perception of trauma can evolve over time, shifting with new experiences and as cognitive and emotional ...
The Conversation

New horror film Went Up The Hill is a chilling exploration of trauma and memory

Oscar Bloomfield does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
News Medical

Neural patterns unravel distinctions between traumatic and sad memories in individuals with PTSD

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experience traumatic memories differently than other types of negative memories. A recent Nature Neuroscience study investigates the neural patterns ...
The Conversation

Rethinking repression − why memory researchers reject the idea of recovered memories of trauma

Gabrielle Principe does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...