Only some people experience ASMR, a trait where people may feel a tingling sensation on their scalp and back of the neck in response to auditory and/or visual stimuli. There is a wide range of sensory ...

Why sound artists such as Claire Tolan and Holly Herndon are experimenting with the soothing sounds of autonomous sensory meridian response “Real friends let their friends play with their faces, right ...

Heather Feather, “Candy Queen ASMR Role Play for Relaxation” (screenshot by the author for Hyperallergic via YouTube) Sometimes we all just want someone’s gentle, soothing voice whispering in our ear ...

If these sounds and images give your brain a sparkly, effervescent feeling that relaxes you, then you are a tinglehead -- one of the estimated 20% of people that some experts say experience autonomous ...

Once thought to be a figment of our collective imagination, ASMR (or autonomous sensory meridian response) has taken YouTube by storm. It can be created by sights and sounds ranging from beautiful ...

I can’t say who told me but I heard that there’s a big chance of someone falling asleep in 20 minutes if they’re watching ...

There are millions of YouTube channels with people crinkling bubble wrap or whispering about folding laundry. Our guest talks about why autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) makes her, and many ...

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. A condition that I always knew I had and suspected that others had. Having turned 50 last year I found out about this by accident – looking at videos that have ...

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Does listening to a whisper send a tingle through your scalp? Do you find watching the snip of scissors around your ears at the hair salon soothing? How about the sound of nails clicking softy, the ...