do blind people dream?

MooKu SG

Why not? --> Creativity at work. :p
Then again, how can you be sure you've never seen it before? It could've just been sleeping in your subconscious.

Loor SG

If you weren't born blind and have 'seen', then I can see where you're coming from - but if you were born without vision at all, is it still possible to imagine?

Coming to think of it.....its do-able. Associate something to the sound and/or touch of an object. So whether or not its accurate to the actual item, they can at least imagine something nonetheless.

Mr Milo SG

Yes,

So long as the brain is functioning properly, there will be brain activity and thus, dreams occur, even if the sensing organs are gone

Kiangchee 92 SG

Of course, they are also human beings.

Pinknutri SG

Good question. Why didn't I think of it ? May be someone who is blind should answer this question. To know what they are dreaming, may be the person can draw on a piece of paper what they see in their dream and whether it matches with reality. If what they dream match with the thing in reality, then I wonder why they can dream of something they have not seen. Amazing. Don't tell me blind people cannot draw. If can't draw, may be they can describe.

Almond Cookies SG

Maybe their dreams only got sounds.

Loor SG

I like the way you think!

I don't think they would be able to draw things that will be exactly like reality, but if they've tried to familiarise themselves with shapes of different objects etc. through touch, then perhaps they can draw something that would be close to what it is exactly.

Wonder if there's any research or stuff on the net on this...

Mr Milo SG

this reminds me of something those monks do: Meditation

It is said that through deep meditation, really deep and focused meditation, one can actually is capable of creating physical objects through the power of the meditation

Thonglet SG

I've actually asked visually-handicapped people this before:

1) If you were born blind, your 'dreams' tend to be sensation-based / touch / sounds.

2) Most people who BECAME blind generally report dreaming (often) in 'visual'.

Hope this helps.

Loor SG

Thanks. Good info. there.

Jiani SG

thanks!

Almond Cookies SG

thanks!

You are welcomed.

Thonglet SG

A fantastic date; or at the very least, a very humbling experience is to go with someone to 'Dialogues in the Dark'.

It's a 1 hour journey through the (so to speak) eyes of a blind person. Go with someone that matters to you. /google it. S$20 a head, I believe.

Salarysingapore SG

im sure they do dream. but it depends on whether they r born blind or got blind after that. if born blind, they may not b able to dream vivid images bah.

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