If you imagine how we dream, we have pictures and images in our mind that make up our dreams. If we have never been able to see anything would we still be able to dream?
2007-01-16 04:26:58 · 11 answers · asked by Franky176 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
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. They've done extensive studies and have also found that REM sleep is disturbed in blind people, so they may actually dream less.
2007-01-16 05:27:24 · answer #1 · answered by psychgrad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The website below answers your question. It says:
"People who are born blind or who become blind before the age of 5 usually don't have visual dreams. Instead they have vivid dreams involving other senses."
Hope this helps! :)
2007-01-16 04:31:06 · answer #2 · answered by LaPrincesse 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would they not dream in light and sound and smell? Surely your dream can only be made up of components you have experienced? Otherwise, how could you imagine it?
2007-01-16 04:32:41 · answer #3 · answered by tigerfly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone dreams. There brain may process 'images' differently, and their dreams may seem alien to you, but they are still dreams.
2007-01-16 04:30:41 · answer #4 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone dreams
2007-01-16 04:54:14 · answer #5 · answered by Walter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question---But I would guess they would dream in what their own minds eye would see.I would like to hear from blind people.
2007-01-16 04:31:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can.....blind people touch and formulate images in their mind .
2007-01-16 04:30:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
really good question, have wondered that myself...would they just see abstract images.
2007-01-16 04:29:49 · answer #8 · answered by Pilgrim 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yea
2007-01-16 04:33:45 · answer #9 · answered by dream theatre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im sure its possible!lol
2007-01-16 04:36:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋