{"id":339980,"date":"2015-08-26T08:35:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T00:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/tetris-game-makes-addict-helps-fight-addiction-339980.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T22:52:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:52:58","slug":"tetris-game-makes-addict-helps-fight-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/medical-news-hk\/tetris-game-makes-addict-helps-fight-addiction-339980.html","title":{"rendered":"Tetris: The game that could help addicts fight against addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sf2.viepratique.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/08\/GettyImages-168343647-684x410.jpg\" alt=\"tetris\" \/><\/p> <p>The lighthouse <strong>Nintendo<\/strong> game on the Game Boy blew its\u00a0thirty candles last year, but it could well experience a second surge\u00a0thanks to a recent study published in the journal <em>Addictive Behaviors<\/em>. According to British researchers, <strong>Tetris<\/strong> could be a remedy to combat various <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/decoding\/pourquoi-je-ne-lache-jamais-mon-smartphone-84924.html\">addictions<\/a>. It is unclear how aligning a red square, a blue bar and a green T could help to resist uncontrolled habits,\u00a0but it seems the results prove they could be on to something.<\/p> <h2> <span>THERAPEUTIC TETRIS<\/span> <\/h2> <p>This is not the first time that this video game is being studied for its health virtues. It\u00a0was already commended\u00a0for its positive effects on the management of painful memories. It\u00a0had also shown results in\u00a0helping to regulate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/addicted-to-diets-339866.html\">eating disorders<\/a> during laboratory experiments. In this new study, the researchers took the next step and agreed on the positive effects of Tetris on multiple addictions in everyday life.<\/p> <p>31 students suffering from various addictions were recruited and were\u00a0equipped\u00a0with an iPod each so they can bring around and use it,\u00a0if they had any\u00a0desire to succumb to their addictions\u00a0(such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/entertainment\/the-evening-cigarette-web-serie-arreter-fumer-68026.html\">tobacco<\/a>, alcohol, coffee etc.) or transfer to another addiction (sex, sports, video games). This was to measure the intensity of their desire, and factors included when was the last time they succumbed to the addiction and\u00a0finally, if they had been drinking before responding.<\/p> <p>Half of the students were simply reporting the facts, while the other half were instructed to play Tetris for 3 minutes and then note down any changes. Appraisal: playing Tetris would decrease the intensity of the desire (whatever the type of addiction in the list above) by 13.9% on average, and this effect lasted throughout the experiment, which was conducted for a week. For researchers, this is the first evidence that a cognitive visual stimulation is effective in fighting addiction in everyday life.<\/p> <p><em>Maureen Diament and Nur Syazana H.<\/em><\/p>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study shows that playing Tetris regularly could help people with addictions to better resist their impulses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":119548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"A new British study may just have the cure to your impulses thanks to this 30-year-old handheld 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