Mnemonology

Worthen, James B.; Hunt, R. Reed

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“…A related way of explaining the identification of loose associations in REM dreaming is that non-obvious or “bizarre,” personally meaningful, visual associations are mnemonic i.e., they aid memory retention and retrieval (Luria, 1968 ; Groninger, 1971 ; Roediger, 1980 ; McDaniel and Einstein, 1986 ; Einstein and McDaniel, 1987 ; Wilding and Valentine, 1997 ; Wang and Thomas, 2000 ; Worthen and Hunt, 2011 ; Llewellyn, 2013 ).…”

Section: Illustrative Dream - “Bagpuss”mentioning

confidence: 99%

Dream to Predict? REM Dreaming as Prospective Coding

Llewellyn

2016

Front. Psychol.

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The dream as prediction seems inherently improbable. The bizarre occurrences in dreams never characterize everyday life. Dreams do not come true! But assuming that bizarreness negates expectations may rest on a misunderstanding of how the predictive brain works. In evolutionary terms, the ability to rapidly predict what sensory input implies—through expectations derived from discerning patterns in associated past experiences—would have enhanced fitness and survival. For example, food and water are essential for survival, associating past experiences (to identify location patterns) predicts where they can be found. Similarly, prediction may enable predator identification from what would have been only a fleeting and ambiguous stimulus—without prior expectations. To confront the many challenges associated with natural settings, visual perception is vital for humans (and most mammals) and often responses must be rapid. Predictive coding during wake may, therefore, be based on unconscious imagery so that visual perception is maintained and appropriate motor actions triggered quickly. Speed may also dictate the form of the imagery. Bizarreness, during REM dreaming, may result from a prospective code fusing phenomena with the same meaning—within a particular context. For example, if the context is possible predation, from the perspective of the prey two different predators can both mean the same (i.e., immediate danger) and require the same response (e.g., flight). Prospective coding may also prune redundancy from memories, to focus the image on the contextually-relevant elements only, thus, rendering the non-relevant phenomena indeterminate—another aspect of bizarreness. In sum, this paper offers an evolutionary take on REM dreaming as a form of prospective coding which identifies a probabilistic pattern in past events. This pattern is portrayed in an unconscious, associative, sensorimotor image which may support cognition in wake through being mobilized as a predictive code. A particular dream illustrates.

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Section: Illustrative Dream - “Bagpuss”mentioning

confidence: 99%

Dream to Predict? REM Dreaming as Prospective Coding

Llewellyn

2016

Front. Psychol.

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“…A primary approach to address suicide in counseling is the use of memory devices—specifically, acronym‐based mnemonics (Granello & Granello, ). A mnemonic is a device that supports the psychological process of memory (Worthen & Hunt, ). Although several mnemonics exist as aids to remembering suicide risk factors and warning signs, an acronym mnemonic for protective factors has yet to be introduced.…”

Section: Mnemonic Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mnemonics that prompt the user to connect new skills with their previous knowledge “by reinforcing the behaviors associated with a given procedure will ultimately enhance performance even without conscious retrieval” (Worthen & Hunt, , p. 21). The mnemonic targets the semantic memory system of knowledge that stores memories of learned procedures (Tulving, ).…”

Section: Mnemonic Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

SHORES: A Practical Mnemonic for Suicide Protective Factors

Cureton

Fink

2019

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Guidelines for addressing and managing client suicide risk include discussing and conceptualizing protective factors. Counselors should be able to recall and discuss suicide protective factors that are applicable across client populations. SHORES, a suicide protective factors mnemonic that is supported by the literature, has applications for risk assessment and crisis intervention across settings, preventative care, strengths‐based management, and counselor training. A case example and discussion serve to illustrate the wide‐ranging application of SHORES in counseling practice.

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“…The approach requires the laying down of memories of visuospatial routines that are later utilized to remember information by visualizing the traversal of the same routine through the imagined environment [10]. This has been shown to be an effective method for mnemonic memorization of information from behavioral studies [17], with recent work showing its effectiveness in modifying physiological network structures in the brain to enhance recall [10]. Similar brain training effects are enacted by the viewing of 3D VWs on computers, viz.…”

Section: Memory and 3d Virtual Worldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

3D Virtual World BPM Training Systems: Process Gateway Experimental Results

Leyer

Brown

Aysolmaz

et al. 2019

Advanced Information Systems Engineering

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Mnemonology

Cited by 63 publications

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Dream to Predict? REM Dreaming as Prospective Coding

Dream to Predict? REM Dreaming as Prospective Coding

SHORES: A Practical Mnemonic for Suicide Protective Factors

3D Virtual World BPM Training Systems: Process Gateway Experimental Results

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