I was thinking about how dreams are just our brains processing visual data from our waking lives. But if someone has never had visual data to begin with, what does a dream actually look like to them? Is it just a radio play with physical sensations? Has there ever been a study on this?

  • Barbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 hours ago

    Actually, now that I think about it, kind of but mostly no. Things that happen in the waking world get incorporated into my dreams, but in my actual dreams, I mostly just tell myself I heard something, but I don’t actually hear it in the moment. I.e., if I hear music, it’s more like I’m reciting the lyrics in my head and working backwards.

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      2 hours ago

      Wild, I hear things in my dreams. One time I followed the song Sleep by MCR to a phonograph and when I took the needle off I woke up. If I hear real sounds while I am sleeping my dreams will incorporate them. Actually, now that I’m typing it what I am typing is also wild. Dreams are crazy.