Society and Culture
The syndrome is discussed in Vilayanur S. Ramachandran's book Phantoms in the Brain and in Vikram Chandra's book Sacred Games. Ramachandran suggests that James Thurber, who was blinded in one eye as a child, may have derived his extraordinary imagination from the syndrome..The syndrome is also described in the Indian film "Jawan Of Vellimala",starring Mammootty.
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