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ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2017

Tetris and Word games lead to fewer intrusive memories when applied several days after analogue trauma.

Muriel A Hagenaars, Emily A Holmes, Fayette Klaassen, Bernet Elzinga

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Article in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06129435 (Effects of Behavioral Tasks on Memory Reconsolidation and Trauma-Related Symptoms), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06129435 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Behavioral Tasks on Memory Reconsolidation and Trauma-Related Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Texas at AustinRan2024 to 2025Enrolled120ConditionsPosttraumatic Stress Disorder, TraumaArmsVisuospatial Task (VST), Word Association Task (WAT)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Muriel A HagenaarsLeiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), Leiden, The Netherlands.
Emily A HolmesDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Fayette KlaassenDepartment of Methodology and Statistics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Bernet ElzingaLeiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), Leiden, The Netherlands.
Utrecht University · NLKarolinska Institutet · SELeiden University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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• A trauma film paradigm was used to examine effects of a supposedly visuospatial (Tetris) and a more verbal task (Word games) versus no task (reactivation-only) on intrusion frequency in a reconsolidation time frame.intrusionsintrusive memoryinvoluntary memorymental imagery• Participants rated Word games as more difficult than Tetris, but there was no difference in intrusion frequencies during the performance of both tasks. • Tetris and Word games lead to fewer intrusive memories when applied several days after analogue trauma.posttraumatic stress disorderPTSD• Reactivation+Tetris and reactivation+Word games lead to relatively fewer intrusions than reactivation-only, even when applied four days after analogue trauma.reconsolidationTrauma film• Two hypotheses were supported: (a) There is an intervention effect with both task conditions being equally effective (reactivation+Tetris = reactivation+Word games < reactivation-only), and (b) There is a modality effect with Word games being the most effective task (reactivation+Word games < reactivation+Tetris < reactivation-only).working memory

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