Editing Dream interpretation (section)

==Present-day popular attitudes==
Most people currently appear to interpret dream content according to [[The Interpretation of Dreams|Freudian psychoanalysis]] in the United States, India, and South Korea, according to one study conducted in those countries.<ref name=":0" /> People appear to believe dreams are particularly meaningful: they assign more meaning to dreams than to similar waking thoughts. For example, people report they would be more likely to cancel a trip they had planned that involved a plane flight if they dreamt of their plane crashing the night before than if the Department of Homeland Security issued a federal warning.<ref name=":0" /> However, people do not attribute equal importance to all dreams. People appear to use [[motivated reasoning]] when interpreting their dreams. They are more likely to view dreams confirming their waking beliefs and desires to be more meaningful than dreams that contradict their waking beliefs and desires.<ref name=":0" />

A paper<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Morewedge|first1=Carey K.|last2=Norton|first2=Michael I.|date=2009|title=When dreaming is believing: The (motivated) interpretation of dreams.|journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|volume=96|issue=2|pages=249–264|doi=10.1037/a0013264|pmid=19159131}}</ref> in 2009 by Carey Morewedge and Michael Norton in the ''Journal of Personality and Social Psychology'' found that most people believe that "their dreams reveal meaningful hidden truths." In one study they found that 74% of Indians, 65% of South Koreans and 56% of Americans believed their dream content provided them with meaningful insight into their unconscious beliefs and desires. This Freudian view of dreaming was endorsed significantly more than theories of dreaming that attribute dream content to memory consolidation, problem solving, or random brain activity. This belief appears to lead people to attribute more importance to dream content than to similar thought content that occurs while they are awake. People were more likely to view a positive dream about a friend to be meaningful than a positive dream about someone they disliked, for example, and were more likely to view a negative dream about a person they disliked as meaningful than a negative dream about a person they liked.

[[Layne Dalfen]], a contemporary dream analyst and educator, has significantly contributed to the modern understanding of dream interpretation. She developed the ''Six Points of Entry'' method, which provides practical tools for analyzing dreams. This method helps individuals uncover the emotional significance and potential solutions that dreams may offer, emphasizing their role in personal growth and problem-solving. Through her Dream Interpretation Center, media appearances, online course and books, Dalfen has made dream analysis accessible to a broader audience.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-15 |title=Layne Dalfen {{!}} Oprah Daily |url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/author/249174/layne-dalfen/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>