Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Dream Interpretation and Waking Life

What you dream shapes what you think about your upcoming plans and your closest confidants, especially if nighttime reveries fit with what you already believe.

People across cultures often assume that dreams contain hidden truths, much as Sigmund Freud posited more than a century ago. In fact, many people think dreams provide more meaningful information regarding daily affairs than comparable waking thoughts do.In one experiment, participants reported feeling closer to a friend after imagining a dream in which the friend defended them, versus betrayed them. This is very good evidence that dreamed of actions can result in a self-fulfilling prophecy, a person who dreams about a loyal friend may then act in ways that encourage the friend to behave loyally.

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