The Real Life Psychology Behind The Tetris Effect

5:00 all i can think of is kingdom hearts "the memories are all there, but the chain of memories is broken"

When I played Portal 2 for the first time, I played a long non-stop session. Got stuck in a puzzle and went to sleep, and while dreaming, I swear I saw the solution for it while dreaming about it. Next morning, just I saw in my dream, there was the solution for the puzzle. Seeing the clip of the programmer gave me chills, and the brain is weird

This is also why it's commonly believed that when learning a language, "full immersion" is often seen as the most effective method of learning. By constantly surrounding yourself with a language you don't know, especially without any aid about what is going on, your brain will find it necessary to start "practicing" in subconsciously.

that makes me wonder: do androids dream of electric sheep?

Once again another strength of muscle memory, even for logical tasks, has been discovered!

Hi, I'm someone who suffers from memory issues. And how you described it matched perfectly to my experience. I can recognize stuff just fine (usually), or be reminded of things (sometimes), but trying to explicitly recall something always results in failure, especially if it was recent. Lots of repetitions usually helps make things stick in my mind better and improves my recognition, which then fades as I don't interact with things. Emotional stuff and motor skills are largely unimpaired (I still have a few fond memories of my past, but they're few and far between). I don't have any dreams whatsoever, and no it's not just forgetting them. I just lack any such experience (skipping over the night, rather than experiencing a dream and then forgetting afterwards). I wouldn't say I'm an amnesiac since I can remember some stuff, especially with lots of repetition and consistently appearing. But if I don't talk to someone for a week or so, there's a good chance I'll forget them entirely. It's very weird to watch things that I've seen before, but forgot I've seen. There's this weird feeling of "oh yeah I remember this" but not actually remembering it. And that feeling really makes going back and playing older games, or remakes of older games an absolute joy. This video was really neat to watch. Thanks :)

This is really impressive work that you're doing, and it's a shame the Youtube algorithm doesn't think to promote it above the noise that it elects to show people. I hope you keep at it, since it's the sort of thing that not just anybody can do for themselves.

So that explains why I keep dreaming of playing Tetris a month after I started playing Tetris 99

2:25 does this mean I'm an "expert" because i've logged 100 hours of Tetris in the last 5 weeks alone? NOPE, I'm just an addict!

As a comp sci major, I have written code in my sleep. So crazy. This is such a cool phenomenon. The brain is so cool!

3:58 bro this editing is fantastic the way it shows how they would dream tetris feels so realistic

I can leave a comment before the video premieres? YouTube is wild

Really enjoyed the video! It went in a whole other direction than I anticipated but makes me curious if we could eventually induce these “learning dreams” If we could harness these dreams and that state of not focusing but being above peak performance you mentioned in your speedrunning video any human could increase efficiency exponentially, which is just fun to think about. Anyway great video!

i remember vaguely, the year I had depression while also being obsessed with getting better at Smash4. I noted that I never had dreams, but also remember lots of times in french class where I said to myself I would rather be at home playing smash right now. I remember at least once where I consciously daydreamed about a new combo idea. it ended up working because I knew the frame data for some moves and could guess the frame data for the other moves based on how long I remember them all taking in different situations. The audio was extremely helpful for that kind of recall.

i love the trailer it's not like others with this music in the back, text all over the screen, insane transitions with mega bass boost it's music that makes you want to cry, it makes you feel happy, and it's just so calming and somehow sad. it also makes me feel like i'm at a concert.

even without sleepings, kinda like daydreams when my mind wonders, I will see cards set up for solitare and I will finish it but the cards sometimes change since its not real and I annoys me when that happens

I had a similar experience while trying to up my skills in Smash. After trying to learn my character combos and how I should play in certain situations, I was literally practicing them in my dreams for several days. I would dream about being mid-battle and it was almost as if I was actually playing against another person, actually making new decisions. The crazy part was trying the things from the dreams actually boosted my skill quite a bit.

I like how the ending of 50 First Dates lowkey supports that the information is stored just unable to be retrieved. Thats pretty cool really

Extremely smart and well-made video as always man! I haven't actually seen the trailer (going to do that), but this was utterly fascinating. And I have to say, the way you presented it evokes real documentaries, and I absolutely love it. Keep up the amazing work!! :D

Huh, interesting. So I'm not the only one that keeps playing a game in my head after hours of playing it irl. Even while trying to fall asleep. It happens especially with Tetris.