http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2009/01/07/tetris-for-trauma.aspxIt’s too soon to load Tetris onto the equipment that soldiers carry into battle, but there’s an intriguing hint that playing that geometric game might act as what scientists are calling a “cognitive vaccine” against the horrible flashbacks that characterizeenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2009/01/07/tetris-for-trauma.aspx#866036Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:41:42 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:866036Tabi<p>Would playing tetris for ten minutes also hamper remembering other things? &nbsp;For instance, if it were played for ten minutes after studying, would I then have trouble remembering what I studied?</p> Blog: Lab Noteshttp://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2009/01/07/tetris-for-trauma.aspx#878730Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:06:17 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:878730MMHawk<p>Tabi, as the article points out:</p> <p>&quot;Tetris should not interfere with memories for new facts, but you should probably think twice before playing it right after you tried to memorize a map or something else with a lot of visual or spatial content.&quot;</p> <p>So if what you were studying had a lot of visuospatial info, then yes.</p> Blog: Lab Notes