Answer: Yes, blind people do have dreams just like the rest of the people because we no diferent from them. All living human being on this earth does have dreams
2007-01-05 09:02:04 · 4 answers · asked by JMONEY2007 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
There was a study done on this a few years ago that I can't find on the web right now...
Basically, it showed that a very small percentage (something like 2%) of people blind since birth reported "seeing" images in their dreams. As one other poster stated, most reported dreaming about sounds, feelings, and other sensations that they have experienced during waking hours. The small number that did "see" things in their dreams apparently couldn't describe them very well in words to the researchers, and sometimes couldn't make much sense of the imagery in their dreams (not surprising since they had no context to put it in). They also couldn't describe whether the dreams were color or not, again having no context in which to put colors for comparison.
Those that could once see -- even if they were blinded at a very young age before the brain was fully developed -- all had images in their dreams. Some of the ones that were very young when blinded, just like with the blind-since-birth groups, couldn't describe things very well.
Dreams are usually related to what we experience during waking hours, even if that relationship isn't always very clear.
2007-01-06 05:45:20 · answer #1 · answered by Ken ♣ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do. What they dream of depends on how much they have seen. If they were born blind, well, then their dreams only has sounds and emotions. If they became blind due to cancer or an accident or whatever, their dreams consist of everything a normal person's dream would have: images, colour... But their dreams might not be as vivid as a normal person's because, well, because they're blind!
2007-01-06 14:14:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do they see anything in them though? if they do, that means that they know what it feels like to see. that would make being blind so much worse.
i know this isn't an answer, just another question, but you already answered your own question, so I thought I'd ask another one.
2007-01-05 17:07:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh thnx, but how can they dream if they dont know the color, figures, shapes of the earth in order to make up a dream?!
**or do they?**but how?**
now im confused
2007-01-05 17:06:56 · answer #4 · answered by keeka2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋