[Ailist] What we know about memory gets more and more fascinating

[Stephanie West Allen]

Playing a game right after trauma can stop the brain from recalling  
the traumatic images. Read all about it here:

http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2009/01/07/tetris- 
for-trauma.aspx


And here's some related research regarding EMDR. What's EMDR?

"A controversial treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder  
involves the traumatised person holding a painful memory in mind  
while simultaneously following with their eyes the horizontal  
movements of their therapist's finger."

The research indicates that any effectiveness may have nothing to do  
with the eye movement. You can use other tasks instead.

"In other words, performing a concurrent task, be it eye movements or  
some other distraction, while also recalling a painful memory, allows  
a person to be exposed to that memory, without having the mental  
resources available to get too upset by it. Over time, this process  
acts like a form of gentle exposure to the memory, as the person  
learns that they can, after all, cope with their past."

Rest here:

http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-is-it-about-eye- 
wiggling-that.html

And the learning goes on.

Stephanie