If a person was blind from birth, what do they see in their dreams?

[jtvang125]

I think their dreams will still have a story to it but just no visual imagery because that person has no visual memory of any of the things around them.

 

[Quasmo]

thats a damn good question.
I bet they see what they imagine what they are feeling... but they dont dream in specific colors.

 

[Firsttime]

I would think that maybe there would be shapes too, just not in very much detail, as they could still feel and mentally picture what the shape would be right?

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
thats a damn good question.

seconded

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
I think their dreams will still have a story to it but just no visual imagery because that person has no visual memory of any of the things around them.

They probably dream in braille

 

[moshquerade]

Do blind people dream?

Answer from somebody who has been blind since she was fairly young:

" 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 such as I, has had a measure of sight, then that person dreams with that measure of sight. I still dream as though I can see, colors included. For people I've met since, their faces are just blurs or how I imagine they look. To me, someone like my mother looks forever 30. "

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/11187

 

[lightweight]

I had an opportunity to sit with a blind person and ask some questions. He said that most blind people don't simply see a black wall, but more like distorted or highly blurry images. Think of looking outside of a cloudy window.

My guess is that blind people dream in blurry type images, and then perhaps give their own meaning to them.

 

[AbsolutDealage]

A short Google reveals that the general concensus is "No".

http://psych.ucsc.edu/dreams/Library/kerr_2004.html

 

[CollectiveUnconscious]

Blind before the age of 4: no visual component to dreaming
Blind after the age of 4: usually a visual component to dreaming

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: Quasmo
thats a damn good question.

seconded

thirded

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: franguinho

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: Quasmo
thats a damn good question.

seconded

thirded

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[Trevelyan]

Wow what an interesting question.

Didn't a movie starring Brad Pitt pose this kind of question? I feel like it has something to do with being blind....

 

[Billzie7718]

They probably dream about not being blind.

 

[brikis98]

Originally posted by: franguinho

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: Quasmo
thats a damn good question.

seconded

thirded