Dream Visulization & Assisted Computational Memory
Dream Visulization & Assisted Computational Memory
&
Assisted Computa9onal Memory
By:
Amanda Collins
Ray Bland
Derek Page
The ac'va'on‐synthesis model of dreaming Another theory uses a computer metaphor
was first proposed by J. Allan Hobson and to account for dreams. According to this
Robert McClarley in 1977. According to this theory, dreams serve to ‘clean up’ cluMer
theory, circuits in the brain become from the mind, much like clean‐up
ac'vated during REM sleep, which causes opera'ons in a computer, refreshing the
areas of the limbic system involved in mind to prepare for the next day.
emo'ons, sensa'ons, and memories, Yet another model proposes that dreams
including the amygdale and hippocampus, func'on as a form of psychotherapy. In this
become ac've. theory, the dreamer is able to make
Consistent with the psychoanaly'c connec'ons between different thoughts
perspec've, Sigmund Freud’s theory of and emo'ons in a safe environment.
dreams suggested that dreams were a A contemporary model of dreaming
representa'on of unconscious desires, combines some elements of various
thoughts and mo'va'ons. theories. The ac'va'on of the brain creates
One theory suggests that dreams are the loose connec'ons between thoughts and
result of our brain trying to interpret ideas, which are then guided by the
external s'muli during sleep. emo'ons of the dreamer.
Dream Visualiza'on is the use of recently developed technology to display
images from people’s dreams on a computer screen.
A team of researchers at the ATR Computa9onal
Neuroscience Laboratories in Japan claim to not
only be developing the technology, but also
project its comple9on in the very near future.
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ACM is the memory storing and
retrieval through computer assisted
means. Memories, both old and new,
are stored into a computer data
structure simula'ng the brain in a
near fault proof manner.
Goals:
Eradica'on of the effects of
memory disorders
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Prevent loss of memories for
future retrieval
Provide data for media center
PCs
Seman9c Procedural
Episodic Working
Memor
y
There are several different types of memory that go into the forma'on of the
cogni've map.
Each serves a different purpose or func'on:
1) Episodic: the general class of memory having to with conscious recollec'on
of informa'on from a specific 'me or event.
2) Seman'c: the general class of memory concerning the remembering of
meanings of words or concepts.
3) Procedural: the long‐term memory of skills and procedures, or "how to"
knowledge (procedural knowledge).
4) Working: type of memory in which a small number of items can be stored
briefly.
Researching Assisted
Computa'onal Memory
could lead to the
discovery of many of the
different mysteries
surrounding the
workings of the
hippocampus, as well as
the mind as a whole.
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If the technology gave you extra If all it meant was an increase in what
abili'es to control your memory.
You could access anything you we currently have; meaning, the
wanted from the past—where your ability to make more memories, but
keys are, for example—but control no further ability to control it.
what you wanted to remember.
There's already a chemical found to What would you do if you couldn't
erase long‐term or targeted forget anything?
memories. Had a bad day at the
office? Block it off, or at least block
off the emo'ons that are aMached
to it.
Had a family member pass away?
Technologically put some distance
between you and the event, lenng
mental scars heal faster.
This op'on introduces many other
implica'ons that are more
philosophical than we should get into
here, but as we're doing more and
more body modifica'ons in the future,
it's something we'll all have to think
about.
ACM wi
ll act like
complet th
e the pu e missing piece
access m zzle to
emories when trying to
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