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Curious Kids: What do blind people experience in their dreams?

By Kevin Duffy, Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. Have a question you’d like an expert to answer? Send it to CuriousKidsCanada@theconversation.com.

What do blind people experience in their dreams? — James

Humans are extremely visual. Nearly half of our brain is devoted to processing visual information. Most of the brain networks responsible for providing vision are…

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