?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Towards+a+computational+theory+of+human+daydreaming&rft.creator=Mueller%2C+Erik+T.&rft.creator=Dyer%2C+Michael+G.&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=This+paper+examines+the+phenomenon+of+daydreaming%3A+spontaneously+recalling+or+imagining+personal+or+vicarious+experiences+in+the+past+or+future.+The+following+important+roles+of+daydreaming+in+human+cognition+are+postulated%3A+plan+preparation+and+rehearsal%2C+learning+from+failures+and+successes%2C+support+for+processes+of+creativity%2C+emotion+regulation%2C+and+motivation.+A+computational+theory+of+daydreaming+and+its+implementation+as+the+program+DAYDREAMER+are+presented.+DAYDREAMER+consists+of+1)+a+scenario+generator+based+on+relaxed+planning%2C+2)+a+dynamic+episodic+memory+of+experiences+used+by+the+scenario+generator%2C+3)+a+collection+of+personal+goals+and+control+goals+which+guide+the+scenario+generator%2C+4)+an+emotion+component+in+which+daydreams+initiate%2C+and+are+initiated+by%2C+emotional+states+arising+from+goal+outcomes%2C+and+5)+domain+knowledge+of+interpersonal+relations+and+common+everyday+occurrences.+The+role+of+emotions+and+control+goals+in+daydreaming+is+discussed.+Four+control+goals+commonly+used+in+guiding+daydreaming+are+presented%3A+rationalization%2C+failure%2Fsuccess+reversal%2C+revenge%2C+and+preparation.+The+role+of+episodic+memory+in+daydreaming+is+considered%2C+including+how+daydreamed+information+is+incorporated+into+memory+and+later+used.+An+initial+version+of+DAYDREAMER+which+produces+several+daydreams+(in+English)+is+currently+running.&rft.publisher=Cognitive+Science+Society&rft.date=1985&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F521%2F1%2Fddcogsci.htm&rft.identifier=++Mueller%2C+Erik+T.+and+Dyer%2C+Michael+G.++(1985)+Towards+a+computational+theory+of+human+daydreaming.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F521%2F