I believe in a basic radio theory for dreams, but reading someone else’s blog got me thinking about dreams, and how dreams relate to memory.
Dreams are multiple Matthews talking to myself. Since there is only one of me, multiple Matthews requires the existence of Matthews on an alternate plane or dimension. So the experiences and memories of other Matthews are broadcast from each of our brains. These waves travel inter-dimensionally and can be received by each of our brains. All Matthews are tuned to the same frequencies. Sort of like a dream radio. But this post is about my secondary theory of dreams and memory.
The basics of my dreams and memory theory are based on long term memory and short term memory. The possibility that dreams are formed and thought up by the unconscious mind and stored in short term memory. Most people say they have trouble remembering their dreams after a certain amount of time. This could be a direct result of where dreams are formed and interpreted. If dreams are formed and stored in areas of the brain where short term memory exists, it would still enable the brain access to thoughts and memories from the area of the brain that contains long term memories. People, objects and places that you may have only seen for seconds could be filed away in your long term memory for future access. This isn’t a new idea. Most dream research revolves around this theory.
My secondary theory of dreams and memory states that dreams are formed (or received if we’re using my favorite theory) in short term memory areas of the brain, and are given complete access to the long term memory areas. Then once the dream is completed or interrupted, the residuals of the dream are filed in short term memory (or where the dream was formed). So people quickly forget what they just dreamed. Some step gets left out in the writing of memory that prevents short term dream storage to be stored in the long term. There are obvious exceptions, because I’m sure I’m not the only one who remembers certain vivid dreams every now and then. I even remember ones from my childhood.
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