English
Tetris effect
From Tetris + effect, since players of the video game may find themselves thinking about fitting shapes together in the real world.
first attested 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 (as stated in the etymology)
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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.
Today it means
noun The effect of seeing hallucinatory images of a repetitive activity done earlier.
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Etymograph / Tetris effect