Back in 1994, Jeffrey Goldsmith wrote a piece called This Is Your Brain On Tetris. In it, he coined two terms, pharmatronic and the Tetris Effect. It was the second term that has thus far gotten traction, and coining a term is a way to get a little bit famous.
The original: This Is Your Brain on Tetris | WIRED by Jeffrey Goldsmith
Tetris Effect on Wikipedia
The Tetris Effect the book by Dan Ackerman
The Healing Power of Tetris Has Its Dark Side in the Telegraph by Laurance Dodds
The Psychology of Tetris on BBC by Tom Stafford
There’s a Psychological Explanation for Why Tetris Is So Addicting in New York Magazine by Mary Pilon
