# Can blind people "see" in their dreams?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 18, 2002, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-blind-people-see-in-their-dreams/143508 "2002-12-18T07:42:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![racosun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@racosun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racosun)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-blind-people-see-in-their-dreams/143508/1 "2002-12-18T07:42:34Z")

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I was just wondering. If someone is born blind, then what kind of objects could they visualize if they can see in their dreams.

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**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-blind-people-see-in-their-dreams/143508/2 "2002-12-18T07:54:41Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_310.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_310.html)

The Master speaks.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-blind-people-see-in-their-dreams/143508/3 "2002-12-18T13:52:21Z")

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I have two blind friends who tell me they DO see in his dream- but, to bear out what Cecil said, neither friend wasn’t BORN blind. Both lost their sight in their teens.

People who were born blind CAN’T see, even when dreaming.

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**Author:** ![ceyjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@ceyjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ceyjen)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-blind-people-see-in-their-dreams/143508/4 "2002-12-18T14:55:22Z")

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I once had a friend in college who was blind and in my ever-inquisitive nature, I took the opportunity to ask this question of him.

He was born blind and told me that his dreams consisted of smells, tastes, sounds, and feelings.

He told me of another person he knew who BECAME blind whose dreams had some visuals but mostly manifested in the other senses.