Objective: I need to independently find a suitable topic for my research direction in the next three years.

我需要独立找寻一个合适的课题来作为我未来三年的研究方向。

This is the main research direction presently, but in addition to that was to use these behaviors as a window onto the dream process.

这是目前的主要研究方向，但除此之外，还将这些行为作为了解梦过程的窗口。