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Tetris, the simple game that perhaps the most popular type of game. Researchers in the UK reveals that play tetris can also help to reduce the effects of trauma.

Oxford University researchers said, play tetris after experiencing a trauma will remove the bad memory and lower stress levels.

This discovery believed to be a new means of therapy for accidents victims or even war victims. Dr. Emily Holmes from Department of psychiatry at the Oxford University said, this research is a early step to prevent the symptoms of post-trauma stress.

Published in the journal Public Library of Science One, the study involving 40 volunteers. Initially, they requested to see a different traumatic picture that potentially cause stress.

Then, half of volunteers played Tetris game via computer and half of them didn’t played it. Revealed that those who played Tetris just keep in mind a few more of those traumatic pictures.

Dr Holmes and colleagues believe, Tetris game help brain to block the storage of bad and painful memories. Condition, people should play it immediately after experiencing a trauma.

Tetris is selected as the subject of research because the game is considered to seize most of human mind. The researchers doubting whether the games other than Tetris in addition also have the same benefits.