Dreaming in Blocks
Why your brain can't stop playing the game
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Beschreibung
Discover why you see falling blocks when you close your eyes and how repetitive tasks physically rewire your brain's perception.
"Dreaming in Blocks – Why your brain can't stop playing the game" explores the "Tetris Effect" (or Game Transfer Phenomena). It starts with the common experience: You play Tetris for hours, and then, when you close your eyes to sleep, you still see the falling blocks. You walk into a supermarket and mentally rearrange the cereal boxes to fit better.
Psychologist Sarah Peterson explains the neuroscience. It's not just about games; it applies to any repetitive task (coding, chess, picking berries). The brain rewrites its pattern-recognition software to optimize for the activity, hallucinating the patterns even when the activity stops.
This book is a deep dive into neuroplasticity. It shows how our hobbies literally reshape our perception of reality and how we can use this mechanism intentionally to "program" our brains for positivity or skill acquisition.
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Sarah Peterson
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Themen in »Dreaming in Blocks«
Tetris Effect Psychology Neuroplasticity Gaming Habits Perception Dreams