"Tetris also requires imagination and vision. "An intrusive memory is a visual memory of a traumatic event," said Emily Holmes, Professor of Psychology at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, whose team led the study. Competing with the visualization, such as with a game like Tetris, can block that consolidation form happening. The PBS program Newton's Apple did a segment on the Dactyl VR arcade machine, and it got mentioned once or twice on the news as well. CCP had planned to give away some extremely rare ships, including a one of a kind ship that had been given out as a prize for winning the Amarr Championship in 2003, the Gold Magnate. But I first became interested in VR back in the late 80's and early 90's. A little under a year ago, Somer and CCP came under fire from players in Eve for a planned giveaway at Eve Vegas.
A love of VR, but why I've mentioned this before. PTSD occurs when intrusive memories linked to fear from a traumatic event become consolidated in a person's mind by them visualizing the event in a loop until it becomes locked in their brain. A love of VR, but why - Oculus Community - 887145. But a new study has shown that playing the computer game Tetris within hours of experiencing trauma can prevent those feelings from taking over your mind. Reader dryriver writes (slightly edited and condensed): CNN, citing a new study, reports that playing Tetris within hours of a traumatic event can reduce the onset of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: After experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, such as a car accident, people are likely to develop anxiety or distress in relation to that event soon after the experience, leading to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).