After all, the 28-year-old former Iowa City resident has turned filming and editing YouTube videos in which she whispers to, brushes, and lightly taps her microphone into a full-time career. Slight ...

I don’t personally know YouTube ASMR host who calls herself Slight Sounds, 25, but for the next 26 minutes she will glow on my dark computer screen like friends and family often do when I’m on ...

According to the National Library of Medicine, ASMR is a newly coined abbreviation for "Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response." Colloquially, ASMR is also known as “brain tingles." It is used to ...

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 ...

Maybe it is the rustle of canvas unfurling, or the sharp snipping of the stylist’s shears as they tidy up your bangs. Whatever it is, it resonates down your scalp and spine like a tuning fork. Certain ...

ASMR is an acronym for autonomous sensory meridian response, which describes a physical tingling sensation triggered by certain sounds or visuals. Videos designed to elicit these responses have been ...

Common ASMR triggers include whispering, hair play, and ear brushing. Not all people experience a positive response or any response to these triggers, though. ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian ...

Don't expect me to fall asleep without my nightly cranial nerve exam. At this point, ASMR videos are a staple in my bedtime routine, and I swear they work better than melatonin. I can't tell you how ...

So many sounds get under my skin and even anger me. I’ve left the dinner table after being revolted by hearing others chewing and swallowing. When someone whispers something to me at the movies, it’s ...

On TikTok, an ASMR creator dips a spoon into a bowl of molten-hot lava, brings it to her lips, and eats it like it’s honey. Another creator crunches down into a seemingly radioactive moon stone, which ...