And this is not offensive. I was just wondering!!
2006-11-02 07:00:33 · 15 answers · asked by Cuda 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
since visual stimulation is the engine of the subconscious and the subconscious is the part of the brain/mind that we use to formulate our dreams you would believe that a blind person should not be able to dream, but they do, because sight is only one sensory organ,we have others that are heightened to compensate for our lack of visual stimulation, we also have an imagination that can make synaptic connections to our conscious, hence when for example a artist/painter goes blind, he can not only draw or paint from memory he can visualize where upon the canvas his brush is depend ant upon his level of skill as a painter.
musicians and composers who go deaf or are born deaf have a similar ability that a normal hearing person may not have and that is to feel the vibrations and the brain interpret ates those same vibrations into notes, very much like the spatial awareness of a blind artist, the human mind is a very complex program within the worlds best computer, your brain. regards FL
2006-11-02 07:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by lefang 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The blind dream of sounds, sensations, smells and even tastes. Dreams don't consist only of visual things. I'm not blind and I rarely "see" anything in a dream; I mainly get sounds and sensations.
2006-11-02 07:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone dreams.
In general, people's dream experience is similar to their waking experience. That is, while most sighted people's dreams are primarily visual, blind people dream more an auditory, tactile, and other sense modalities.People who lose their sight very early (before age five) apparently experience no visual imagery in their dreams. Visual imagery is variable for those who lose their sight between ages five and seven. People who lose their sight after age seven almost always have some level of visual imagery present in their dreams.
2006-11-02 07:12:29 · answer #3 · answered by endrshadow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the first answer listed here. Dreams don't necessarily have to be visual. And since when have you had a vividly visual dream? Dreams are dreams no matter how you interpret them. We happen to interpret them visually, but a blind person may interpret them differently (through the senses they are strong in).
2006-11-02 07:12:00 · answer #4 · answered by rapunzel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans dream. Blind people still dream but if they were borrn blind for example, they may have very different dreams than us bcuz they don't know what colors look like or what anything looks like.
2006-11-02 07:08:51 · answer #5 · answered by Parvati 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you ask them. As long as they have imaginations, they can create mental pictures from their other senses. Why can't they dream?
Don't look on here for a blind person, They cannot see the screen
2006-11-02 07:04:36 · answer #6 · answered by Kremer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All humans dream. A better question would be 'what' do they dream. If they've been blind all their lives, they probably dream about smells, sensations, sounds, rather than coherent visual images.
2006-11-02 07:02:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, blind people do dream but not the same as us. They hear sounds when they dream because that's all they hear when they're awake and about.
2006-11-02 07:04:12 · answer #8 · answered by Cindy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is an excellent question because it is also applicable to the questions we have such as what do babys dream of, what do our beloved pets dream of? First hand information would be helpful.
2006-11-02 07:14:53 · answer #9 · answered by EM-water2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they dream. That's almost like asking if deaf people think.
2006-11-02 07:38:48 · answer #10 · answered by IElop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋