Do blind people dream images?

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Blue Maverick

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watching a program on iPlayer and it has sign language and also audio description, but if someone has been blind from birth how do they know what a duck looks like, so it got me thinking when we dream it’s images so how do blind people dream?
Yep I’m bored.
 
Blue Maverick said:
watching a program on iPlayer and it has sign language and also audio description, but if someone has been blind from birth how do they know what a duck looks like, so it got me thinking when we dream it’s images so how do blind people dream?
Yep I’m bored.
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Interesting question mate, Ive never thought about that but found this:

Can Blind People See in Their Dreams?
Despite these subtle differences in dream content, can blind people see when they dream? Some blind people actually can see in dreams, but it depends on when they lost their vision.

Individuals who are born blind or those who become blind at a young age (typically by the age of 4 or 5 years) do not have visual imagery in their dreams. This is supported by careful laboratory studies that documented dreaming without associated reports of visual experiences.

On the other hand, those who become blind after 5 or 6 years of age are able to see in their dreams. Therefore, there seems to be a window in the development of the brain in which the capacity to have visual dreams is established. If visual input is present, the person is able to generate sight within dreams, even after the vision is lost. For those who cannot see from a young age, dreaming still occurs but other sensory input may be more prominent in their experience of these dreams.
 
My cat went blind for her last year and her dreaming was much more pronounced,the vet said she would be seeing in her dreams and be more vivid than before

Can't help you with people lol
 
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