The girl on screen runs her manicured nails over a shiny red lai see packet while whispering in hushed Cantonese. Her extra-sensitive microphone picks up every pop, tap and crackle from the paper ...

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 ...

Alissa Evans’ experience with stress stems primarily from her inability to definitively choose a major, a recently received D that taints her otherwise mediocre GPA and her complete and utter ...

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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 ...

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 ...

ASMR - a strange tingle in the head caused by certain sights and sounds - is a growing YouTube subculture. Now scientists are starting to investigate what the possible causes might be. Just over a ...