Now would be a great time to get a US$30 yearly subscription to EA
(Electronics Arts) Tetris as I’d reported in Geezam
blog article entitled “EA’s
Tetris on a US$30 yearly subscription: VIP for Casual & Smartphone Gaming
Addicts”.
This as Tetris cures not only for amblyopia, more commonly known as “lazy
eye” as reported in “Why
eye doctors may soon prescribe Tetris”, published April 22, 2013 11:44 AM
PDT by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, CNET News
but also your cravings for Junk Food,
smoking and possibly other pleasurable habitual activities such as Sexual
Intercourse and “Craving
junk food or a smoke? Try Tetris instead”, published March 17, 2014 5:07 PM
PDT by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, CNET News.
The “lazy eye” Prescription is on the same level as the recommendation by
Dr. James Rosser to have every Doctor play Video Games, particularly MonkeyBall
as I’d reported in my blog article
entitled “Dr.
James Rosser of the Celebration Health's Center Hospital proves Video Games
improves Surgery - How playing Super Monkey Ball can help Jamaican Doctors make
less mistakes”, which amusingly, reveals that he’s probably a big fan of
Nintendo than anything else.
Tetris as a Prescription for
amblyopia – The Quick Brown Foxy Jumped over the Lazy Eye Dog
This as playing Tetris trains the eyes to work together in much the same
way Video Games can improve hand-eye coordination. His paper is published
in the Journal Current Biology for anyone with a Credit Card to purchase
and read .
In doing their research, they choose 18 adults with amblyopia. The group
was divided into two as follows:
1.
9 played Tetris with a Video mounted Goggles
with the Weaker eye and with the Stronger eye patched
2.
9 Played Tetris with a Video mounted Goggles
with the Weaker eye and the Stronger eye other the ground
The group that had the Video mounted Goggles playing Tetris showed
dramatic improvement in the weaker eye, with improved depth perception, with
the other group showing only moderate improvement. Interestingly, once the
patch was removed, they too also showed the same level of improvement in the
weaker eye; apparently having both eyes engaged in the Video Game, even if both
could not see it, was what was making the difference.
Tetris and Craving the
Pleasurable – Reduced Cravings for Alcohol and Sex as Sex is a Drug
The research of Co-author Jackie Andrade said her team at Plymouth
University in the UK as published “Want
a cookie? Play Tetris instead”, published Mar 17, 2014 12:12pm EDT BY
KATHRYN DOYLE, Reuters followed a similar
Tactic. Their aim was to determine if Video Games that provided high levels of
visual Stimulation would reduce the strength, frequency, and vividness of
cravings for food and drugs such as sweets and alcohol and even sex. You can
again, read
his research in the Journal Appetite, but again you need to back out your
Credit Card!
I mention sex as this activity is associated with increased levels of the
production of endorphins such as adrenalin and oxytocin, which albeit naturally
produced by the body internally can create addictions similar to externally
ingested drugs as noted in “Love
Drug? Oxytocin's Tender Effects Questioned”, published February 11, 2011
03:51pm ET by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer, LiveScience and “ ‘Love
hormone' oxytocin: Difference in social perception between men and women”,
published July 31, 2013 by University of Haifa, ScienceDaily.
In their study, the 119 mainly female volunteers were chose in a manner
such that they had a natural craving instead of being induced. After much
sifting, they whittled down the group to a batch of 70 that showed
statistically strong natural Cravings, based on their questionnaire parameters:
1.
58 craved food or a drink
2.
12 craved nicotine
3.
10 craved caffeine
This group of 70 was then split in half as follows:
1.
35 played Tetris for three (3) minutes on a Game
Console whenever they felt their cravings
2.
35 played Tetris on a Game Console that failed
to load, inducing frustration
Interestingly, cravings fell in both halves, but its strength fell
significantly more for those experiencing the thrill of Tetris than those
frustrated by a Game that failed to load. The meanings of these results are
expressed by Dr. David Kavanagh of Queensland University of Technology in
Brisbane, Australia, who'd done similar research, quote: “When we want
something really badly, it is hard to think about anything else -- and the
experience is a very sensory one. It engages our imagination. That can be a
real torture. But it also gives us a hint about how we can deal with cravings:
If we can do something that engages the same brain functions, we can blunt the
craving, and make it easier to resist the temptation.”
Science proves Compendium
Consensus Reality aka Common Sense – Tetris is good for you
Not sure if any of these research are purely scientific. The research of
Dr. Robert Hess and his fellow researchers at the McGill University in Montreal,
Canada could technically apply to any game or activity that engages both eyes.
In the case of the research of Co-author Jackie Andrade said her team at
Plymouth University, it would suggest better and faster loading computers
reduce cravings, not necessarily that Tetris does that.
But at least all of these scientific papers help to prove what regular
non-PhD wielding humans accept as Compendium Consensus Reality aka Common
Sense:
1.
The more you train you Brain, the stronger it
becomes as with video Games, it’s the one Muscle that matters, Matrix Style.
2.
Customers like fast loading computers, as
anything that takes more than 10 seconds to load is very frustrating
3.
Playing Video Games can reduce the need to
smoke, Drink and even Have Sex with your annoying girlfriend
But seeing as I love Tetris, all this is one more notch in my belt as a
PC Gamer in support of these good old arcade Games to remain on my computer to
play whenever I have downtime, which as a Computer Repair Technician and
Electrical/CCTV/Network Installer, is hardly ever these days. More on that
later!
Still, it'll get more persons loving Tetris then I'm all for it, especially
as its positive news for Video Gaming. Best of all, I can stop buying Chocolate
Biscuits to reduce my sex cravings, as apparently playing Video Game might do
the trick to get me unhooked from Cheap Thrills (2013)!
Here's the link to Tetris:
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