I have heard of this before but is it true? If it is what would they dream about?
2007-01-24 00:24:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Yes, blind people do dream. What they see in their dreams depends on how much they could ever see. If someone has been totally blind since birth, they only have auditory dreams. If someone has had a measure of sight, then that person dreams with that measure of sight.
There are no visual images in the dreams of those born without any ability to experience visual imagery in waking life.
Individuals who become blind before the age of five seldom experience visual imagery in their dreams.
Those who become sightless between the ages of five and seven may or may not retain some visual imagery.
Most people who lost their vision after age seven continue to experience at least some visual imagery, although its frequency and clarity often fade with time.
2007-01-24 00:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by divagal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the people were born blind, they have no REM and no visual imagery; the dreams consist of impressions from the other senses -- touch, hearing, smell, and taste. If the people were sighted and then became blind, they have REM (if the eye muscles have not yet atrophied), and their dreams contain visual imagery -- but these visual dreams might cease to occur eventually
2007-01-24 10:09:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course but if they were born like that they may have dreams that are different from ours because when they see someone in their dream that person will not look like a human because they have never seen one.
2007-01-24 08:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by hoshmoot_19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think they could, but your right, what are in there dreams, if they have never seen anything, that is a good question.
2007-01-24 08:32:11 · answer #4 · answered by echc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can, they would dream about sex just like the rest of us. Or in my case, being chased by a snake wearing a red vest.
2007-01-24 08:28:39 · answer #5 · answered by Tim H 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, we dream. but since we have no frame of reference to the visual world, we dream about different colors and shapes - kind of like an Iron Butterfly video, or how the Predator sees - but since we've never seen them in their physical form, we (or at least i) never know what colors i am seeing. i can tell what shapes i am seeing, as i can distinguish them in their physical form by touch.
2007-01-24 08:33:53 · answer #6 · answered by spankypants 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if they are born blind than i do not know, but if they've become blind yes they can, we all dream all the time
2007-01-24 08:29:20 · answer #7 · answered by lifeseeker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh sure they do. They have thoughts daily which cause them to dream.
Take care.
2007-01-24 08:42:53 · answer #8 · answered by X-Woman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course they dream because their mind is still working so why wouldn't they!
2007-01-24 08:32:01 · answer #9 · answered by richardwales79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course ! its just their eyes that can't see...and neither can yours when you're asleep. my aunt was blind and dreamt all the time and told us about her dreams.
2007-01-24 08:32:43 · answer #10 · answered by ?! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋