ASMR is a massive subculture on YouTube where creators whisper, eat, and flutter their fingers softly into a highly sensitive microphone. Many fans say they experience "brain tingles" when they watch ...

Trisha Robertson was 12 years old when she came down with a really nasty case of mono. It’s not an unusual illness for a kid of her age, but hers was especially severe, leaving her bed-ridden for ...

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, or ASMR, used to be a niche corner of the internet, a place where curious bystanders would pop in and marvel at the clicks, whispers, pops, and other calming ...

In early 2018, medical school lecturer Dr. James Gill was at a pub drinking with friends ahead of competing in the fifth season of the reality show “The Island with Bear Grylls.” His appearance on the ...

Maybe you've seen one of the millions of videos devoted to ASMR on the internet, or perhaps you experience the brain tingles yourself. Here's what you need to know about the phenomenon, adapted from ...

What do the sounds of whispered affirmations, page-turning, and tapping fingernails have in common? What about the sight of slow hand movements, soap being gently cut to pieces, and hair being brushed ...

With more of us wanting to take step back from our busy lives, the music industry has been inspired by the relaxing sounds of Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR). Gibi, who has more than three ...

You may not have heard about ASMR but type it into a search engine and you get more than 11 million responses, many of them videos. They are designed for relaxation and for many viewers can cause a ...