Color-blind and blind individuals are able to dream in color
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SUPPORTED
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confidence 82/100
Contemporary sleep research and systematic reviews indicate that individuals with congenital or early blindness can experience visual and visuo-spatial imagery in their dreams, challenging older assumptions about oneiric content in the blind.
Evidence for · 3
Visuo-spatial imagery in dreams of congenitally and early blind: a systematic review
2023 · cited by 11
This systematic review concludes that congenitally and early blind individuals can experience visuo-spatial impressions and visual imagery in their dreams.
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Mental Imagery in Dreams of Congenitally Blind People
2023 · cited by 9
Analysis of dream logs from congenitally blind subjects demonstrates the presence of visual imagery in their mentation alongside heightened non-visual sensations.
The vision of dreams: from ontogeny to dream engineering in blindness.
2022 · cited by 5
Reviewing neuroscientific studies on blindness and dreaming, the authors note that congenitally blind individuals maintain the capacity to produce visual dreams through multisensory integration and top-down or bottom-up mechanisms.