A 20-minute game of Tetris reduced traumatic memories in pandemic frontline workers

A 20-minute game of Tetris reduced traumatic memories in pandemic frontline workers

A recent study found that an imagery-competing task intervention reduced the frequency of intrusive memories in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The intervention involved recalling an intrusive memory and then playing Tetris for 20 minutes. The study was published in BMC Medicine. Intrusive memories are unwanted, involuntary recollections of distressing events that suddenly enter a person’s mind. They typically arise from traumat…