Proposes that studying the dreams of regular practitioners of the ancient art of memory may help test the hypothesis that dreaming is involved in off-line memory processing.
Abstract
The hypothesis that dreaming is involved in off-line memory processing is difficult to test because major methodological issues have to be addressed, such as dream recall and the effect of remembered dreams on memory. It would be fruitful--in addition to studying the ancient art of memory (AAOM) in a scanner--to study the dreams of persons who use AAOM regularly.