Do the blind literally "see" in their dreams? A critique of a recent claim that they do

Dreaming

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 230-233

  Kerr, Nancy H ^a   Domhoff, G William ^b  

^a OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cognitive theory; Dream content; Dreaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645663203     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1053-0797.14.4.230     Document Type: Article

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