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mani	16-10-2007 23:20

Do blind people dream?

if a person who was born blind dreams - what do they see in their dream?

BERNADETTE

16-10-2007 23:47

Re: Do blind people dream?

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Originally Posted by mani (Post 482243)

if a person who was born blind dreams - what do they see in their dream?

Bit of a daft question to ask on here or do you reckon we're all typing in Braille?:confused::confused::confused:

MargaretR

16-10-2007 23:49

Re: Do blind people dream?

Google Granny here found out :D
Do blind people dream? | Answerbag.com

garinda

16-10-2007 23:56

Re: Do blind people dream?

The answer is yes.

A woman in this study dreamt she was at a table, and replied how did she know it was a table, replied through touch.

Hurovitz et al.: Dreams of the Blind

'The dreams of the blind reveal no great surprises in comparison to those of sighted dreamers, but they are just different enough on some dimensions to be of potential theoretical interest.'

mani	17-10-2007 00:39

Re: Do blind people dream?

why not?

there's braile keyboards and programs that can read for u

Eric	17-10-2007 03:21

Re: Do blind people dream?

Maybe visual images are not the only ones to be stored in the brain.

steeljack

17-10-2007 04:37

Re: Do blind people dream?

tradition says that Homer was blind , if a blind guy is capable of composing the Illiad and the Odyssey I would definatly say the blind do dream
:cool: :cool:

WillowTheWhisp

17-10-2007 05:45

Re: Do blind people dream?

It depends on the degree of blindness. Some people who are registered blind do have partial vision, blurred imagery or dark fuzzy things. In which case their dreams are of blurred or fuzzy things. I had a friend who could only see something if it was about 2 inches in front of her nose and even then it was blurred. She couldn't understand what I meant about an out of focus photograph because they all looked like that to her. When she dreamed she saw things which were close but only had a vague awareness of distant things, just like she did when awake.

Another friend lost his sight as an adult and he still dreams with vision.

slinky

17-10-2007 14:39

Re: Do blind people dream?

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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 482271)

tradition says that Homer was blind , i
:cool: :cool:

Oh I didn't know that!! he does really well on the Simpson's to say he is blind.:D:D

flashy

17-10-2007 15:30

Re: Do blind people dream?

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Originally Posted by slinky (Post 482310)

Oh I didn't know that!! he does really well on the Simpson's to say he is blind.:D:D

pmsfl, i was about to say that myself till i saw you'd already done it ;)

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