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by Rodzilla on November 17th, 2004

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Do blind people dream?

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  • by Merry Walker on November 19th, 2004

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    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 to many sites about the dreams of the blind.

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