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    "pk": 29358,
    "title": "The “cognitive speed-bump”:How world champion Tetris players trade milliseconds for seconds",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Tetris is a fast-paced puzzle solving game that requires play-ers to rapidly maneuver falling blocks to clear rows and scorepoints. Skilled Tetris players learn to execute moves in thegame very quickly to keep up with the increasing time pres-sure. But world champion Tetris players employ more complexstrategies that save precious milliseconds that enable them toreach even higher levels of play. Such strategies show mas-tery of the game’s event structure, but also come with a startupcost— a “cognitive speed bump”— wherein they must mo-mentarily decide whether to rotate a block left or right, evenfor scenarios where the distinction is not meaningful for per-formance. We present data showing both the world champions’superior overall action times, but also a preliminary “speedbump” that is consistent both within and between world cham-pion players. Potential underlying memory structures are ex-plored, and implications are discussed for both the Soft Con-straints Hypothesis and the relationship between Hick’s Lawand expertise.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "cognitive strategies; extreme expertise; videogames; real-time tasks; complex tasks; skill acquisition; Tetris;complex skills; interactive behavior"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Neuroscience and Psychophysics",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7gv9443c",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "John",
            "middle_name": "K.",
            "last_name": "Lindstedt",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of New York",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Wayne",
            "middle_name": "D.",
            "last_name": "Gray",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2020-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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