Ann Faraday is a British-born psychologist, who conducted an experimental study of dreams for her PhD thesis at

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. After several years in experimental dream research, she then trained in

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and

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and

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. She was a pioneer of the

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and the

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in Great Britain. She is considered a pioneer of the empirical evaluation of the content of dreams. She is the author of two books about

dream interpretation Dream interpretation is the process of assigning meaning to dreams. Although associated with some forms of psychotherapy, there is no reliable evidence that understanding or interpreting dreams has a positive impact on one's mental health. In m ...

: the bestseller '' Dream Power'', and '' The Dream Game''. ''The Dream Game'' devotes a chapter to

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in dreams, including verbal puns, reversal puns,

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s, puns involving

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s, puns involving literal pictures of colloquial or slang metaphors, and puns involving literal picture of common body language. From the 1970s, Faraday appeared on many

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s and workshops for the purpose of recording and interpreting of dreams. According to the Encyclopedia of Psychology, "writers and psychologists, such as Ann Faraday, helped to take dream analysis out of the therapy room and popularize it by offering techniques anyone could use to analyze his or her own dreams". In addition, Faraday wrote for the Association for the Study of Dreams newsletter. Her books indicate that she also tried

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and

Zen Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty, known as the Chan School (''Chánzong'' 禪宗), and ...

-like activities, which were popular during that time period. Faraday believed that by placing too little importance on dreams, our society contributes to the poor recall of dreams, which most people immediately forget upon awakening. From the 1970s, she and her partner John Wren-Lewis (1923–2006) travelled extensively, particularly within United States, Malaysia and Thailand, before settling permanently in Australia. She also had a daughter, Fiona.

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