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// Do you think you integrate your Tetris skills into your everyday life My brother in law and I both noticed we are much better at packing the car than our wi
by xyzelement 3y ago
// Do you think you integrate your Tetris skills into your everyday life
My brother in law and I both noticed we are much better at packing the car than our wives.
Specifically we both constantly rotate what we are loading in to take up all available space whereas our wives just put whatever is at hand next and lose a lot of space between items and thus not using the trunk efficiently.
We both attribute this to us playing lots of Tetris. I am gonna get my kids started on it as soon as they are ready.
I also attribute having played lots of Sokoban to ability to move furniture strategically.
I am sure being intrinsically spacial is required but these games definitely helped develop the skills.
- herpdyderp 3y agoInterestingly, I have a similar experience (and not only compared to my spouse), yet I’ve only played Tetris maybe 3 times. People like to quip that I must play a lot of Tetris!
- neom 3y agoSame for me, people always say I must be great at Tetris, I might be good at Tetris, I don't know...never played. I do know however, I happened to have excellent spatial reasoning skills, don't need a map, strong visual memory, etc etc. I suspect other folks good at packing cars are probably strong with spatial reasoning and memory. Seems there is some research into this - The neural basis of Tetris gameplay: implicating the role of visuospatial processing: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-021-02081-z https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-021-02081-z
- zone411 3y agoThere is a well-known male advantage in spatial object rotation. https://books.google.com/books?id=4s5WCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA356#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=4s5WCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA356#v=on...