The act of viewing or observing oneself; in medical contexts, a psychological phenomenon where a person perceives themselves from outside their body.
From Greek autos (self) + skopein (to view) + -y (forming nouns of actions). Clinical and psychological term describing visual self-perception.
Autoscopy is a real neurological phenomenon where people report seeing themselves from above—it's like an out-of-body experience where the brain misfires on the sense of perspective!
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