Are blind people able to see in their dreams?
They say that dreams of the congenitally blind contain no visual elements and consist predominantly of sound plus smell, touch and the sense of movement. They tend to to be reality-based – a reprise of the events of the day, with less of the fantasy you find in the dreams of sighted people. There’s also more conversation. Persons who become blind after birth often see in their dreams, although it depends on (a) how old they were when they became blind and (b) how long it’s been since. If you’re blinded before the age of six or seven you generally see little or nothing in your dreams. Dreams of people who become blind when older are often indistinguishable from those of the sighted, but as time goes on many “see” less and less.
According to my brother-in-law who has been blind all of his life, the answer is NO due to him never having a referance to colors. Example, while in school he was described what a cloud is and looked like and color etc and then given cotton to feel. To him cotton is a cloud and is white but he cannot SEE the color just feel it. Red is described as hot and he associates that with something hot, blue is cool etc…
