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The '''''Tetris'' effect''' occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to pattern their [[thought]]s, [[mental image]]s, and [[dream]]s.<ref name="Earling">{{cite web |last1=Earling |first1=Annette |title=Do Computer Games Fry Your Brain? |url=http://www.citypaper.net/articles/032196/article038.shtml |website=[[Philadelphia City Paper]] |access-date=January 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122021142/http://www.citypaper.net/articles/032196/article038.shtml |archive-date=January 22, 2008 |date=March 21, 1996 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It takes its name from the [[video game]] ''[[Tetris]]''.<ref name="Earling" />
People who have played ''Tetris'' for a prolonged amount of time can find themselves in a hole thinking about ways different shapes in the real world can fit together, such as the boxes on a supermarket shelf or the buildings on a street.<ref name="Earling" /> They may see colored images of pieces falling into place on an invisible layout at the edges of their visual fields or when they close their eyes.<ref name="Earling" /> They may see such colored, moving images when they are falling asleep, a form of [[Hypnagogia|hypnagogic imagery]].<ref name="stickgold">{{Cite journal|title = Replaying the Game: Hypnagogic Images in Normals and Amnesics|journal = Science|date = 2000-10-13|issn = 0036-8075|pmid = 11030656|pages = 350–353|volume = 290|issue = 5490|doi = 10.1126/science.290.5490.350|first1 = Robert|last1 = Stickgold|first2 = April|last2 = Malia|first3 = Denise|last3 = Maguire|first4 = David|last4 = Roddenberry|first5 = Margaret|last5 = O'Connor|bibcode = 2000Sci...290..350S}}</ref>
Those experiencing the effect may feel they are unable to prevent the thoughts, images, or dreams from happening.<ref name="StickgoldABC">Stickgold, R., interviewed 30 October 2000 by [[Norman Swan]] for ''[[The Health Report]]'' on Australia's [[Radio National]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20001109180400/http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s206232.htm transcript]). Retrieved 15 January 2020.</ref>
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