2007-02-15 02:50:09 · 9 answers · asked by cool d 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
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
2007-02-16 06:46:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They don't if they're blind since they were born.
If one becomes blind later on, they continue to see dreams for some time (almost different for each case - usually a few weeks), but after that they start to not see dreams anymore.
2007-02-15 03:03:08 · answer #2 · answered by iCan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, blind people do have dreams. However, those blind since birth or very early childhood have no visual imagery in their dreams. Instead, they experience a very high percentage of taste, smell, and touch sensations in their dreams.
The breakdown is as follows:
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.
Source:
http://psych.ucsc.edu/dreams/Library/hurovitz_1999a.html
This is a rather scholarly paper and dry reading.
For more information, go to google.com, search on "blind people dream" and you'll get links
2007-02-15 02:57:33 · answer #3 · answered by ♥chelley♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blind or sighted..the state of dreaming can be mere feelings about something. Have you ever had dreams where the person has no face but you still know who they are?
Also, the deaf can communicate in dreams without talking.
2007-02-15 03:14:33 · answer #4 · answered by Hi'Lo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because they are blind doesn't mean the dont have dreams. Dreams are phychological things and you don't need to be able to see just to have them, they are the same as thinking in your sleep
2007-02-15 02:56:47 · answer #5 · answered by babydoll_18870 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-02-15 02:59:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can see dreams as they can still think.
2007-02-15 03:05:21 · answer #7 · answered by kunj 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they can dreams are all in your mind not a visual thing so yes they can and sure they do
2007-02-15 02:55:04 · answer #8 · answered by Brittany 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes surely.They are also human beings.
2007-02-15 02:56:44 · answer #9 · answered by S.S.KUMAR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋