Editing Visual release hallucinations (section)

==Society and culture==

The syndrome is discussed in:
* [[Vilayanur S. Ramachandran]]'s book ''[[Phantoms in the Brain]]''. Ramachandran suggests that [[James Thurber]], who was blinded in one eye as a child, may have derived his extraordinary imagination from the syndrome.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=V.S. Ramachandran |author-link1=V.S. Ramachandran |title=Phantoms in the Brain |title-link=Phantoms in the Brain |last2=Sandra Blakeslee |author-link2=Sandra Blakeslee |publisher=HarperCollins |year=1988 |pages=85–7}}</ref>
* [[Vikram Chandra (novelist)|Vikram Chandra]]'s book ''[[Sacred Games (novel)|Sacred Games]]'' (2006)
* [[David Eagleman]]'s book ''[[Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain]]''
* [[Oliver Sacks]]' 2012 book ''[[Hallucinations (book)|Hallucinations]]''
* The Indian movie ''[[Jawan of Vellimala]]'', released in 2012, in which [[Mammootty]] is a victim of the syndrome
* ''The Black Canvas'' (2014), a chamber opera by the Greek composer Spyros Syrmos, is about a celebrated painter whose visions are caused by CBS.
* [[Margaret Atwood]]'s short story "Torching the Dusties"
* [[Deborah Lawrenson]]'s novel ''The Lantern'' (2011)
*  Gareth Brookes' graphic novel ''A Thousand Coloured Castles'' (2017)
* ''[[Dealt]]'', 2017 documentary about notable card mechanic [[Richard Turner (magician)|Richard Turner]]
* The 2019 [[Netflix]] film ''[[Velvet Buzzsaw]]''
* The [[Doc Martin]] episode "One Night Only" (2022, Season 10, Episode 2) depicts Dr. Ellingham diagnosing a patient with Charles Bonnet syndrome.