![]() Humans, the theory goes, construct dream stories after they wake up, in a natural attempt to make sense of it all. ![]() One prominent neurobiological theory of dreaming is the “activation-synthesis hypothesis,” which states that dreams don’t actually mean anything: they are merely electrical brain impulses that pull random thoughts and imagery from our memories. ![]() Since then, technological advancements have allowed for the development of other theories. Carl Jung (who studied under Freud) also believed that dreams had psychological importance, but proposed different theories about their meaning. Freud’s theory centred around the notion of repressed longing - the idea that dreaming allows us to sort through unresolved, repressed wishes. While there has always been a great interest in the interpretation of human dreams, it wasn’t until the end of the nineteenth century that Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung put forth some of the most widely-known modern theories of dreaming. In fact, the Greeks and Romans were convinced that dreams had certain prophetic powers. Early civilizations thought of dreams as a medium between our earthly world and that of the gods. ![]() For centuries people have pondered the meaning of dreams. ![]()
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