"Psychologists' interpretations of the meaning of dreams vary widely," said Carey Morewedge, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. "But our research shows that many people believe their dreams provide meaningful insight about themselves and the world," he said.
In six different studies, researchers surveyed nearly 1100 people about the dream. In a study on general beliefs about dreams, Morewedge and co-author Michael Norton, assistant professor at Harvard Business School, menyurvei 149 students in the United States, India, and South Korea, and ask them about the different theories about dreams.
In the third culture of this country, a large majority of students held to the theory that dreams reveal hidden truth about themselves and the world, beliefs that are held by a nationally representative sample of Americans, Morewedge.
"Most people understand that dreams are unlikely to predict the future but that does not prevent them find meaning in their dreams, whether it usual or unusual," he said.
