2007-02-03 06:42:37 · 15 answers · asked by ryan p 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
People who had vision before they were blind dream the same as if they could see. People who were blind all of their lives see colors but out of preportion. From the way I've had it described to me it sounds like the way movies portray acid trips.
The reason for still being able to acknowledge color even though they've never seen it is because the brain is still capable of responding to color and patterns even if it doesn't have outside stimulus to respond to.
2007-02-03 06:48:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer, simply put, appears to be "no." When people born blind were questioned about what they "see" in dreams in several studies, their answers indicate that the experience of vision first is needed before it can be translated into a dream. Those blind for a lifetime instead experience other keenly developed senses in their dreams--i.e., the sensation of moving around, the emotion of joy, etc.
2007-02-03 14:47:08 · answer #2 · answered by Extra_Sweetcorn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends. I don't think that blind peopele understand the aspect of color, because they don't know what it is. They might see it, but they may not necessarilly link it with color. For all I know, blind people can possibly see things that people that can see will never grasp. But, if they could see before, then there is a possibility that they may still be able to see in color in their dreams.
2007-02-03 14:54:14 · answer #3 · answered by Pikajane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if they were blind from birth they still see color in their dreams, and the colors they percieve in their dreams are far more rich, vivid and intense than any colors fully visual people have ever seen. (Unless they have used LSD or magic mushrooms perhaps)
Just take Ludwig van Beethoven for example. He was born deaf, yet still composed some of the world's most beautiful symphonies. How did he do this? He could hear it in his mind even though his ears had never functioned during his life.
All of our senses (taste,touch,smell,hear,sight) are truly experienced within the mind. Our sense organs (tongue,ears,eyes,nose,nerve endings in our skin) are just receptors and deliverers of the sensual input.
2007-02-03 14:54:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blind people dream in sound and touch which makes there dreams to them more real.
2007-02-03 14:45:55 · answer #5 · answered by conundrum_dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I've known lots of blind people. They dream
with sound, feel, smell, unless they had sight at
one time.
2007-02-03 14:48:24 · answer #6 · answered by redman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends in the concet of colour to the blind people anyway they will see the color like that concept
2007-02-03 15:04:27 · answer #7 · answered by Mahmoud A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if they started off seeing before they went blind
2007-02-03 14:44:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hope this isnt just a cruel question. Let me ask you, have you ever dreamed of having 5 arms, 3 legs? Then you should have your answer.
2007-02-03 14:52:59 · answer #9 · answered by socalicd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes only if they at one time they had sight. Most people dream in black and white.
2007-02-03 14:55:52 · answer #10 · answered by pugaboo03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋