They make my brain tingle, whether they mean to or not ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Pokemon has a formula for success that cannot be broken, but there are some things the franchise ...

Why sound artists such as Claire Tolan and Holly Herndon are experimenting with the soothing sounds of autonomous sensory meridian response “Real friends let their friends play with their faces, right ...

ASMR videos - which claim to induce a tingling feeling in the viewer - have quietly become an internet phenomenon. When I was a child I sometimes experienced a pleasant physical sensation in my scalp ...

This search recently edged out "cake" in popularity on YouTube: "autonomous sensory meridian response." ASMR, as it's called, refers to "head tingles" that result from hearing interesting sounds — ...

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 ...