2007-01-11 20:43:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
People born blind and those who became blind in infancy do not have visual imagery in their dreams, whereas those blinded in adolescence or young adulthood often retain visual mental imagery in their waking life and in their dreams.
2007-01-11 20:55:31 · answer #1 · answered by Rickydotcom 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Everyone dreams (blind people included) and in general, people's dream experience is similar to their waking experience. Since they were blind from birth, they do not have a lot of visual stimuli to draw on for their dreams, so they have dreams that are primarily auditory, tactile or even involve taste and smell. People who lose their sight very early (before age five) apparently experience no visual imagery in their dreams. Visual imagery is a 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. They've done extensive studies and have also found that REM sleep is disturbed in blind people, so they may actually dream less.
2007-01-13 21:25:14 · answer #2 · answered by psychgrad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who are born blind usually don't see dreams because they don't retain any visual imagery. However, people who has been blinded at a later stage of their lives do see them since they retain some images from previous experiences when they were not blind.
2007-01-12 04:54:54 · answer #3 · answered by Abhishek 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes,they can see dreams. B ut it is in the form of voices.I n known cases if the person is born blind , then he will only hear voices as it is one of the ways of communication he\she would use.
2007-01-12 04:58:46 · answer #4 · answered by Preethi C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question. I would imagine they dream in the same way they experience the world. Hopefully you'll get an answer from someone experienced, because this is a brilliant question.
2007-01-12 04:59:19 · answer #5 · answered by itry007 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, course! im blind.
2007-01-12 04:51:21 · answer #6 · answered by lovely2cu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think yes...but not sure...any way gud question...need to ask a blind..
2007-01-12 04:48:48 · answer #7 · answered by elvisjohn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes..absolutely.
you don't need eyes to dream.
2007-01-12 04:52:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i think so
2007-01-12 04:55:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋