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tetris effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
tetris -ef-fect
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The effect of seeing hallucinatory images of a repetitive activity done earlier.

Etymology

From Tetris + effect, since players of the video game may find themselves thinking about fitting shapes together in the real world. The earliest known use of the term is in Jeffrey Goldsmith's article "This is Your Brain on Tetris", published in Wired in May 1994.

Questions

What does tetris effect mean?
The effect of seeing hallucinatory images of a repetitive activity done earlier.
Where does tetris effect come from?
From Tetris + effect, since players of the video game may find themselves thinking about fitting shapes together in the real world. The earliest known use of the term is in Jeffrey Goldsmith's article "This is Your Brain on Tetris", published in Wired in May 1994.

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