TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kang, Jungwoo
AU  - Bertani, Rita
AU  - Raheel, Kausar
AU  - Soteriou, Matthew
AU  - Rosenzweig, Jan
AU  - Valentin, Antonio
AU  - Goadsby, Peter J.
AU  - Tahmasian, Masoud
AU  - Moran, Rosalyn
AU  - Ilic, Katarina
AU  - Ockelford, Adam
AU  - Rosenzweig, Ivana
TI  - Mental Imagery in Dreams of Congenitally Blind People
JO  - Brain Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 10
SN  - 2076-3425
CY  - Basel
PB  - MDPI AG
M1  - FZJ-2023-03692
SP  - 1394
PY  - 2023
AB  - It is unclear to what extent the absence of vision affects the sensory sensitivity for oneiric construction. Similarly, the presence of visual imagery in the mentation of dreams of congenitally blind people has been largely disputed. We investigate the presence and nature of oneiric visuo-spatial impressions by analysing 180 dreams of seven congenitally blind people identified from the online database DreamBank. A higher presence of auditory, haptic, olfactory, and gustatory sensation in dreams of congenitally blind people was demonstrated, when compared to normally sighted individuals. Nonetheless, oneiric visual imagery in reports of congenitally blind subjects was also noted, in opposition to some previous studies, and raising questions about the possible underlying neuro-mechanisms.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - 37891763
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:001092485300001
DO  - DOI:10.3390/brainsci13101394
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1016526
ER  -