How the Visionless Dream

Science Seen | How the Visionless Dream Courtesy of Helder Bertolo A congenitally blind person drew this scene, which was taken from a paper about visual dreaming.1 Up until now, such images were considered the sole domain of the sighted. 1. H. Bertolo et al., "Visual dream content, graphical representation and EEG a activity in congenitally blind subjects," Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 15:277-84, 2003. function sendData() { document.frm.pathName.value = location.pathname; result

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Courtesy of Helder Bertolo

A congenitally blind person drew this scene, which was taken from a paper about visual dreaming.¹ Up until now, such images were considered the sole domain of the sighted.

1. H. Bertolo et al., "Visual dream content, graphical representation and EEG a activity in congenitally blind subjects," Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 15:277-84, 2003.


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