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Take a minute to imagine this sentence being whispered into your ear. If that thought elicits a tingle around the neck, you may have experienced autonomous sensory meridian response or ASMR. This ...

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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 ...

The coronavirus outbreak and social distancing rules have caused widespread stress and anxiety. In times of uncertainty and distress, many people find ASMR videos comforting. ASMR, which stands for ...

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I am sitting at my desk in a nearly empty office on a December evening, feeling the sort of directionless melancholy that tends to take hold as the holiday season sets in, listening to a video of a ...

As infection rates and deaths rise globally, so too does the general anxiety around our current global health crisis. For ASMR creatives and enthusiasts, that’s where these coronavirus-roleplay videos ...

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I have ASMR. Or maybe the correct phrasing is that I’m susceptible to ASMR. It’s tough to talk about the phenomenon, because ASMR lacks the mandatory scientific evidence that proves, well, its ...