Re:The overfitted brain: Dreams evolved to assist generaliza...
by throw1234651234 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @07:51PM
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Yea, I asked because ability to lucid dream (and remember those dreams) is closely tied to a high working memory. A good test for working memory is called "dual n-back". Basically, its a modified version of remembering a list of numbers / letters while the list is adding and dropping items, except with a spatial aspect. More info here if interested:
Thanks for replying without context. Oh, and the reason for the chain of events question is personal curiosity. I can usually remember maybe 3 coherent actions, but there is rarely a clear start and end to the dream that I can remember.
Memory is good. It used to be even better (I could recite important parts of meetings verbatim when I first joined my company 9 years ago). I think I'm still above average, but I'm not sure how to rule out bias on that.
I've never taken an actual IQ test. When I was 5 my verbal/vocabulary skills tested on the level of a normal 10 year old. I was curious about IQ in college and took 2 unofficial tests which turned out very consistent with scores of 121 and 124. I don't really see a lot of value in IQ tests, even the official ones.
The dreams vary. Some are very detailed. Some might not be, or it's just that I don't remember as much detail except in the final dream of the night (I sometimes remember up to 3 dreams per night). Usually they are logical/realistic, but sometimes include unrealistic elements (that I know during the dream are unreal). I can usually remember the chain of events in the final dream of the night very well. I can usually remember the order that I had the dreams in too. The earlier dreams I can usually remember the high level chain of events for the other dreams, but maybe not the smaller details.
Any reason for the questions?