Do fully blind individuals "see" what I see when my eyes are closed? Is it possible for them to distinguish lighting such as when you look towards a bright lamp with your eyes closed?
Its impossible for me to imagine someone seeing "nothing", or is that actually the case?
2007-03-19 15:57:34 · 5 answers · asked by mike 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I have a blind niece and she uses her hands and her smell and sense to see what something is. Blind people are real creative and have a good imagination. Look at artist like Stevie Wonder and Ray they are blind music artist that are creative.
2007-03-19 16:03:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They see in the same way that you or I see. That is, their mind constructs an abstract picture of their environment based on what their senses tell them. The fact that they rely more on senses other than sight doesn't matter.
You can get some idea if you have someone put a ring of keys into an opaque soft cloth bag. You can tell a great deal about what is in the bag by feeling it, shaking and hearing it and so on. You can construct a fairly clear mental picture of what you cannot see. Now, someone looking in the bag will have more data to draw on, but the process is the same.
Another way to look at it is to remember that we sighted people are blind to much of the world anyhow. We do not see bacteria all around us, in our food, in the water and air- although with instruments we can detect that they are there. Sometimes we get a 'glimpse' by smelling foul odors or touching something made slimy by bacterial growth.
So, in the end, the minds are all working the same way, it's just that our sense of vision is so powerful we can't often 'see' past it.
2007-03-19 16:06:41 · answer #2 · answered by xaviar_onasis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's possible for them to see faded shapes or light. But they also just can't see anything. Like you said, they see "nothing". It's just like those who can't feel. They just feel nothing. Or those who can't hear. They just hear nothing. Those who can't see just see nothing. Unless you go blind yourself you will never understand. I went completely blind for a year then had my vision repaired. I would know.
2007-03-19 16:06:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Relationships between other stimuli... in time and possibly "distance" (a relative and not absolute value)/
2007-03-19 16:08:06 · answer #4 · answered by Deathbunny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's like closing your eyes and seeing an image. idk.
2007-03-19 16:05:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋