The Interpretation of Dreams (AKA: Die Traumdeutung) is a seminal work in psychology first published in 1899, written by Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. This book pioneered Freud's theory of "dream interpretation," which is described as a shortcut to "understanding subconscious psychological processes" by him. He claimed to have discovered three major truths: dreams are the disguised satisfaction of unconscious desires and childhood desires; the Oedipus complex is a common human psychological emotion; and children have sexual awareness and motivation.