When Spirit Payton started making videos in 2015, she had no idea she was destined to become the online "Queen of ASMR." Now, millions of people have watched her eat pickles. ASMR, or Autonomous ...

Does listening to a whisper send a tingle through your scalp? Do you find watching the snip of scissors around your ears at the hair salon soothing? How about the sound of nails clicking softy, the ...

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 ...

Seeing an artist paint at an easel. Driving through an automatic car wash. Watching a magic trick or a tarot card reading. Getting an eye exam. These are just some of the things that can make my scalp ...

ASMR – short for autonomous sensory meridian response – is a physical sensation that has dominated a corner of the internet for the best part of a decade. It has a dedicated following, with more than ...

There are millions of YouTube channels with people crinkling bubble wrap or whispering about folding laundry. Our guest talks about why autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) makes her, and many ...

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 ...

Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), the brain tingling sensation millions of people seek out online, may be more than just a pleasant feeling. A new study finds that it also provides ...