Your Brain on Tetris

2015-04-28

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References:

Tetris boosting cognition

Haier, R. J., Karama, S., Leyba, L., & Jung, R. E. (2009). MRI assessment of cortical thickness and functional activity changes in adolescent girls following three months of practice on a visual-spatial task. BMC research notes, 2(1), 174. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/2/174?ref=nf

Haier, R. J., Siegel, B. V., MacLachlan, A., Soderling, E., Lottenberg, S., & Buchsbaum, M. S. (1992). Regional glucose metabolic changes after learning a complex visuospatial/motor task: a positron emission tomographic study. Brain research, 570(1), 134-143. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/000689939290573R

Tetris and PTSD

Holmes, E. A., James, E. L., Coode-Bate, T., & Deeprose, C. (2009). Can playing the computer game “Tetris” reduce the build-up of flashbacks for trauma? A proposal from cognitive science. PloS one, 4(1), e4153. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004153

Holmes, E. A., James, E. L., Kilford, E. J., & Deeprose, C. (2010). Key steps in developing a cognitive vaccine against traumatic flashbacks: Visuospatial Tetris versus verbal Pub Quiz. PloS one, 5(11), e13706. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0013706

Epistemic Action

Kirsh, D., & Maglio, P. (1994). On distinguishing epistemic from pragmatic action. Cognitive science, 18(4), 513-549. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1207/s15516709cog1804_1/abstract

What causes addiction?

Gentile, D. A., Choo, H., Liau, A., Sim, T., Li, D., Fung, D., & Khoo, A. (2011). Pathological video game use among youths: a two-year longitudinal study.Pediatrics, 127(2), e319-e329. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/2/e319.short

Hilgard, J., Engelhardt, C. R., & Bartholow, B. D. (2013). Individual differences in motives, preferences, and pathology in video games: the gaming attitudes, motives, and experiences scales (GAMES). Frontiers in psychology, 4. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00608/full