On the 161st anniversary of his birth, we attempt to explain why Sigmund Freud's theories, though problematic in several senses, are still important today. Brands. ... Dream theory “The dream is ...

A mad “shrink” high on cocaine, obsessed with sex, death and bizarre theories of the mind – that’s how many people remember ...

In 1897 Sigmund Freud began his famous course of self-analysis. He had already noticed that dreams played an important role in his analysis of neurotic and "hysterical" patients. As he encouraged ...

When we tell our friends about a crazy dream we had about them, or when we use terms like ego and free association, we are referencing Sigmund Freud. More than 80 years after his death, Freud’s ...

Two Harvard psychologists have authored a study showing that suppressed thoughts manifest themselves in dreams —the first scientific confirmation of Sigmund Freud’s theory of dreams. The study ...

When Sigmund Freud’s “The Interpretation of Dreams” was first published in 1899, he initially believed it a flop — that it had failed to make any impact — and it took nearly a decade ...

Masson believes Freud’s theories in this book are still relevant because no one has cracked the code of dreams, and Freud thought he had. ‘The best we can do is cherish our own dreams,’ he said.