Autoscopy is the experience of perceiving one's surrounding environment from a position outside of one's own body, as though watching oneself from a different vantage point. The name comes from the Greek words for self and watcher. Neurological research treats autoscopic experiences as a form of hallucination, though the precise brain mechanisms that produce them are still not well understood.
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Core ClaimThe experience of perceiving one's surrounding environment from a different perspective, from a position outside of one's own body. 1 Classification
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1. Wikipedia: Autoscopy
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is the experience in which one perceives one's surrounding environment from a different perspective, from a position outside of one's own body.
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