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Individual Differences in Memory for Dreams: The Role of Cognitive Skills

Butler, Stephen F., Watson, Robert·1985·Perceptual and Motor Skills
DOI 10.2466/pms.1985.61.3.823
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Ontogenetic findings have suggested a relationship between selected cognitive variables, especially Block Design ability, and REM dream-recall rates. This study investigated the extent to which such cognitive variables could account for individual differences in the REM recall of home-dream “nonreporters,” defined as self-described infrequent recallers who also recorded few dreams in a dream diary. Adult male nonreporters were assigned either to a high Block Design or low Block Design group ( n = 6 each). Other cognitive (e.g., memory and visuospatial) abilities were measured to determine relationships to REM recall rates and ratings of dream “salience.” On laboratory REM awakenings, subjects high on Block Design reported significantly more dreams than subjects who were low. However, within the latter group recall rates varied considerably (from 0% recall to 100% recall). This variability is accounted for in terms of an interaction of a dream-generation factor (salience) and a mnemonic factor (interference).

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  • Dreaming depends on an intact temporo-parieto-occipital junction, a region also involved in waking mental imagery.

    “From lesion studies (Box 3) we know that dreaming requires an intact temporo-parieto-occipital junction[22, 23] and lesions in this region also affect mental imagery in wakefulness[109].”

    From Dreaming and the brain: from phenomenology to neurophysiology (2010) · cites this paper as [109]

  • Dreaming requires an intact temporo-parieto-occipital junction, and lesions in this region also affect mental imagery in wakefulness.

    “dreaming requires an intact temporo-parieto-occipital junction[22, 23] and lesions in this region also affect mental imagery in wakefulness[109].”

    From Dreaming and the brain: from phenomenology to neurophysiology (2010) · cites this paper as [109]

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Authors
Butler, S. F., & Watson, R.
Affiliations
  • Vanderbilt University (US)
  • Yale University (US)
ORCID
Butler, Stephen F.
Venue
Perceptual and Motor Skills
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1985-12
Volume
61
Issue
3
Pages
823-828
ISSN
  • 0031-5125 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-688X
DOI
10.2466/pms.1985.61.3.823
OpenAlex
W2069940732
Cited by
46
References
8
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Perceptual and Motor Skills (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
Keywords
dream recall, REM sleep, individual differences, block designs, cognitive ability, interference, memory, visuospatial ability, dream diary

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