Can Tetris Treat Trauma?

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"Cognitive behavior specialists are always working to reduce traumatic memories and flashbacks. In line with that mission, professor Emily Holmes began researching a new idea on how to lower the occurrence and severity of these flashbacks via an experimental preventive care method - one that uses Tetris to engage with a patient's mind in hopes to affect how long-term traumatic memories are formed. But is this method "too good to be true?"

--- Links to the Research ---
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678449/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-020-01124-6
https://www.nature.com/articles/mp201723
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31036259/

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