Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) has become a new craze in the social media age, though the practice has been around for much longer. Many YouTube channels and apps are now dedicated to ...

If you spend time on YouTube or TikTok, you may have come across videos of someone whispering into a microphone, carefully slicing stacks of slime, or slowly ripping strips of paper. These videos are ...

Michael MacIntyre, MD, is a board-certified general and forensic psychiatrist practicing general psychiatry at the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in Los Angeles. ASMR is a sensation in which ...

The euphoric-but-relaxing responses to soothing visuals and quirky, textural sounds has spawned an online wellbeing phenomenon. But what is ASMR—and why do only some people feel it? Increasingly, ...

Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) occurs when certain stimuli, including sounds, visuals, or close contact with another person, produce tingling or calm feelings and sensations. Share on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Have you ever heard or saw something that left your body tingling? A gentle ...

Have you ever heard or seen something that left your body tingling? A gentle whisper, the crinkle of wrapping paper, the tapping of a finger, or the sound or sight of rushing water? If stimuli like ...

What do the sounds of whispering, crinkling paper, and tapping fingernails have in common? What about the sight of soft paint brushes on skin, soap being gently cut to pieces, and hand movements like ...

AI-generated ASMR videos are one of the hottest new ASMR trends of 2025, and these videos of fruits eating themselves show exactly why that might be. The fruits eating fruit videos first started ...

Over the past few years, Gibi ASMR has emerged as one of the most recognizable faces of the YouTube subgenre dedicated to the art of helping people relax through the internet-coined phenomenon ASMR.