Tetris effect | Game Transfer Phenomena

Embracing pseudo-hallucinatory phenomena induced by playing video games

November 28, 2018December 19, 2018 Dr Angelica Ortiz de Gortari Reflectionsaltered perceptions, Binaural sounds, GTP auditory, GTP visual, Particular game, Pseudo-hallucinations, Stop stigma, Tetris effect, Tetris Effect game, Trance states

–Gamasutra featured blog– Bright and fast-moving particles of colours that appear and disappear with booming sounds like fireworks easily captivate our senses. Video game playing does not only enhance our senses and cognition while playing but also after playing. When closing our eyes, at every blink of the eyes or […]

Finding common ground in the research on Game Transfer Phenomena

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 Dr Angelica Ortiz de Gortari Event, TalkAltered visual perceptions, Harvard Medical School, Hypnagogia, Implicit memory, Tetris, Tetris effect

Playing video games as a novel visuomotor activity has been used in experimental studies by Stickgold et al. (2000) [1], Wamsley et al. (2010) [2] and Kusse, et al. (2012)[3] to understand the continuity between awake and sleep experiences, memory consolidation and learning. These studies have focused on investigating “hypnagogic […]