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So Dr. Stickgold recruited
a bunch of students to play Tetris
for three to four hours a day. And lo and behold, they started dreaming
about Tetris-like images. He also studied people
with memory disorders who couldn't even remember
what Tetris was after playing it. But the game still found its way
into their dreams. They reported things like
seeing shapes on a screen or seeing things that looked
like rectangles turned on their sides
a bunch of students to play Tetris
for three to four hours a day. And lo and behold, they started dreaming
about Tetris-like images. He also studied people
with memory disorders who couldn't even remember
what Tetris was after playing it. But the game still found its way
into their dreams. They reported things like
seeing shapes on a screen or seeing things that looked
like rectangles turned on their sides
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So Dr. Stickgold recruited
a bunch of students
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to play Tetris
for three to four hours a day.
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And lo and behold, they started dreaming
about Tetris-like images.
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He also studied people
with memory disorders
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who couldn't even remember
what Tetris was after playing it.
00:00:16.474 --> 00:00:19.031
But the game still found its way
into their dreams.
00:00:20.144 --> 00:00:23.314
They reported things like
seeing shapes on a screen
00:00:23.397 --> 00:00:27.318
or seeing things that looked
like rectangles turned on their sides.
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