Ahh, i forgot to mention.... I don't need to look at the keywords, or hear the recording ever again...I simply remember the dream.
So, I wake up, write down the keywords, go back to sleep, wake up again, DON'T look at the keywords, and I can remember all (or a lot) of the dream's details (and then record it in detail in my journal if I want).
BUT...if i wake up, visualize me writing it down, or say the keywords/dream in my head, go back to sleep, wake up again, then I can't remember much of the dream at all.
So, my memory is not being triggered by reading the keywords, it just remembers solely because i previously wrote them down. But if I don't perform the physical act of writing, and instead I visualize myself writing, this doesn't work.
So, is this purely a psychological effect? - I am remembering them because I now expect to be able to.
Or, is it physiological? - The physical act of writing it down, somehow 'cemented' it in a neural pathway or something (forgive my complete lack of physiological knowledge ! )
What do you think?
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