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Can a blind person see colors?
While only 18 percent of people with significant visual impairments are actually totally blind, most can at least perceive light. In other words, although we cannot see colors, shapes or people, we can still tell the difference between light and dark. You are probably wondering what light perception is exactly.
Can people born blind see images?
But more recent research suggests people who are blind, from birth or otherwise, can still experience visual images in their dreams.
Can people who are born blind see colors?
People who are born blind cannot visualize or imagine colors because they have never seen them. Also people who are born blind do not have visual dreams – when they dream, they experience emotions, outer stimuli like hearing, physically feeling, tasting, and smelling. They may be able to associate a feeling with a color however.
Do people blind since birth dream in images?
In summary, the current evidence suggests that people blind since birth do indeed dream in images, but we do not know exactly what they see. On a related note, brain scans have found that all humans dream in visual images before they are born. The darkness of the womb leads to the fact that none of us experienced actual vision before we were born.
Can blind people have visual experiences?
Therefore, people who are blind since birth still technically have the ability to experience visual sensations in the brain. They just have nothing sending electrical impulses with visual information to the brain. In other words, they are still capable of having visual experiences.
What causes color blindness and how is it treated?
What Causes You to Be Born Color Blind? The most common cause of color blindness is a defect in your cones —the cells of your eyes which help you sense the colors of red, green, and blue. With this congenital condition, you may have one of three types of color blindness: Deuteranopia — Affects your green cones