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On the recommendation of a colleague, I put the letters “ASMR” into the search bar for YouTube. Many videos came up, some with a great number of views. One had over 15 million. I clicked on the first ...

The autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR, is described as an intensely pleasant tingling sensation originating in the scalp and neck, and spreading down the body. ASMR is elicited by a range ...

Go to sleep in a much more relaxed state. Have you ever watched a video that sent a chill up your spine, made your head tingle, or helped put you to sleep? If so, have you ever wondered why? What ...

I’ve never really been an ASMR person. The sound of another person’s voice isn’t necessarily relaxing for me. But a very cute Pokémon chewing cookies? Yes, that’ll do. The Pokémon Company released two ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... FORT COLLINS — Makenna Kelly chomped down on an iPhone made of chocolate and emblazoned with a picture of her face. The 13-year-old played to the camera that ...

You may have heard of ASMR, the increasingly popular internet-based relaxation trend. You might have caught the New York Times’s blog post about the phenomenon, or the Washington Post’s profile piece ...