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If someone has been blind from birth can they dream?

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Paulacrazyplaits | 08:32 Tue 30th Aug 2011 | Science
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What do they dream of as they have no concept of how things really look or do they dream of the way their brain thinks the way the world is?
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They dream of things by touch, smell, and hearing.
I believe dreams begin as concepts or feelings which are tranformed into a model of the world using whatever sense is applicable or available. That is why you can wake up feeling terrified without having 'seen' a mental image of terror.
Even without sight, blind people will still make mental images of things, which is basically what we do when we dream.

I dont think I have ever had a dream in which anything had a particularly vivid colour. I dont think dreams are really as "visual" as you think they are, even for the sighted.

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