• Question: Can blind people dream

    Asked by anon-290003 to Harry on 23 Mar 2021. This question was also asked by anon-290011.
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      anon answered on 23 Mar 2021:

      Hi,
      So people born blind don’t really see in their dreams as they have no idea what sight is. But most blind people had some sort of sight before going blind, so yes, in that instance they can dream – in the context of visual imagery as our definition.
      Interestingly what they dream about differs to fully sighted people. They often dream more about animals (related to service dogs perhaps?) And also food (maybe because taste is more enhanced to compensate for sight?).

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      Harry Piper answered on 24 Mar 2021:

      Hi!
      I have no idea about this topic so I defer to Lara’s knowledge on the topic! One thing a quick google found was that a Danish study from 2014 showed that as time passes, those that are blind tend to dream less in pictures!

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