Tetris effect
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The Tetris effect occurs when someone dedicates vast amounts of time, effort and concentration on an activity which thereby alters their thoughts, experiences, dreams, and so on.[1] The term originates from the popular video game Tetris.
People who have played Tetris for a prolonged amount of time can find themselves thinking about ways different shapes in the real world can fit together, such as the boxes on a supermarket shelf or the buildings on a street.[2] They may see colored images of pieces falling into place on an invisible layout at the edges of their visual fields or when they close their eyes.[2] They may see such colored, moving images when they are falling asleep, a form of hypnagogic imagery.[3] For some, this creative urge to visually fit shapes together by organising and building shapes can be extremely addictive.[1]
Those experiencing the effect may feel they are unable to prevent the thoughts, images or dreams from happening.[4]
A more comprehensive understanding of the lingering effects of playing video games has been investigated empirically as game transfer phenomena (GTP).[5]