When dreaming is believing: Dreams affect people's judgement, behaviour

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Source: American Psychological Association

While science tries to understand the stuff dreams are made of, humans, from cultures all over the world, continue to believe that dreams contain important hidden truths, according to newly published research.

In six different studies, researchers surveyed nearly 1,100 people about their dreams. 'Psychologists' interpretations of the meaning of dreams vary widely,' said Carey Morewedge, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the study's lead author. 'But our research shows that people believe their dreams provide meaningful insight into themselves and their world.'

The article appears in the February issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association.

In one study that surveyed general beliefs about dreams, Morewedge and co-author Michael Norton, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, surveyed 149 university students in the United States, India and South Korea. The researchers asked the students to rate different theories about dreams. Across all three cultures, an overwhelming majority of the students endorsed the theory that dreams reveal hidden truths about themselves and the world, a belief also endorsed by a nationally representative sample of Americans.

http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=09021852-when-dreaming-is-believing-dreams-affect-people-judgement-behaviour

It seems to me that this has been common knowledge for millennia

[babylonsister]

1. Am I warped? I usually don't remember my dreams, though I

do have them occasionally.

[ZombieHorde]

2. There is a knack to dream memory. If you want to remember them,

just keep a dream journal by your bed and write down anything you can remember upon waking, before you get out of bed. Within a week or three you will be able to recall your dreams fairly well.

I did this for a few years, then lost interest.

[babylonsister]

4. HA! So your dreams were boring? I don't want to know then! nt

[ZombieHorde]

7. Most of my dreams were zombie dreams, which I liked well enough, but then my daughter was born and

I favored five more minutes of sleep over my dream journal.

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3. I wonder if unremembered dreams account ...

for my "what in the heck were you thinking?!" moments... :D

[babylonsister]

5. Gee...

:rofl: I know I've had them. :hi: :D

[Ilsa]

6. Yeah! I'm pretty good at remembering my dreams. Sometimes they affect

my mood in the morning.