Science

blindness

do people who are blind from birth see anything when they dream.

olivia62 Tue 07/10/08 02:23

<< Previous

Next >>

Subscribe to question

Post an Answer

dundurn
Tue 07/10/08
16:46

Basically the answer is no. Seeing is a combination of visual stimulation and organisation of the resulting information in the brain. The link has to be formed and tuned through practice. The dreams of people blind since birth will have the same sort of relation to their waking life as do your own - they will contain the senses they do have; touch, smell, hearing etc

theprof
Wed 08/10/08
00:00

Hmm, I think I'll throw out a few thoughts for you to bounce around.

Firstly, does anyone know of a child who hasn't had a nightmare?

Secondly, what can children blind since birth have a nightmare about?

Thirdly, are nightmares simply composed of variations of previous sensory inputs?

Answers on a postcard please!

mibn2cweus
Wed 08/10/08
03:52

G00:00d morning prof!

Post an Answer

Submit the above question and answers

add to del.icio.us	add to digg	add to furl
add to reddit	add to Technorati	add to Blinklist
add to StumbleUpon	add to squidoo	add to ma.gnolia
add to Cocomment	add to Netscape	add to Fark