While looking for something else (a good picture of the sleep/dream researchers Aserinsky and Kleitman), I stumbled on a brief account of early research on dreaming in the blind, about which we just had a recent exchange. When I say early, I mean early. According to the source (the wonderful book by Stanley Finger, _Origins of Neuroscience_, p. 261): "G. Heermann (1838) examined 101 blind subjects and wrote that they dreamed less than sighted people. He found that none of his 14 subjects who had lost sight before age 5 still had visual dreams. In contrast, all 35 of his subjects who became blind after age 7 had visual dreams." Finger also discusses a confirming report by Jastrow in 1888. So, it seems the question was settled long, long ago. -Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
