According to the National Library of Medicine, ASMR is a newly coined abbreviation for "Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response." Colloquially, ASMR is also known as “brain tingles." It is used to ...

On July 27, a 30-year-old Russian expat, known only to her followers as Maria, hit 1 million subscribers on her YouTube channel GentleWhispering–which features her doing just that. Maria is one of the ...

A spate of YouTube videos that use crinkling, crunching and whispering sounds to trigger tingling sensations may seem odd but the videos and performers have become not only a social phenomenon, they ...

The autonomous sensory meridian response may be linked to certain personality types and traits such as introversion.

Common ASMR triggers include whispering, hair play, and ear brushing. Not all people experience a positive response or any response to these triggers, though. ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian ...

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Weird fruit is sliced open to reveal a mesmerizing flow of rainbow liquid metal. Each cut is slow, clean, and deeply ...

This satisfying ASMR video captures the restoration of a rug completely covered in thick mud. Using water and careful ...

The woman’s voice is soft and mellow. “Go ahead, lean back, put your feet up,” she says. “And relax to some of the calming sounds of the airport.” The calming sounds of the what now? What follows is ...

On the recommendation of a colleague, I put the letters “ASMR” into the search bar for YouTube. Many videos came up, some with a great number of views. One had over 15 million. I clicked on the first ...