GentleWhispering triggers tingles, calms anxiety, puts some to sleep. April 8, 2014— -- The YouTube channel, "GentleWhispering," features 180 videos that most people would consider slow-paced and ...

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 ...

A video of someone whispering, running their fingers over a brush and blowing smoke doesn't sound like a classic viral hit. Where are the cats? Where is the hilarious fail? Where is the thing that I ...

The one common theme across pretty much all ASMR content these days is the sound of gentle whispering.(iStock) The sound hits home when I close my eyes: I can sense the feeling of someone running ...

You’ve heard about Cardi B tried it. You saw the Zoe Kravitz beer ad. But what is ASMR, exactly? Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a heady way of saying “brain tingles.” For lots of ...

A charming blonde woman smiles warmly from your screen. Leaning into the camera, she traces the tip of a makeup brush against a microphone, whispering that she's stroking your face. The bristles ...

I have seen the savior of print journalism, and it is ASMR videos. Hours into a days-long journey through the whispering, tapping, crinkling, crackling tingle-inducing caverns of YouTube’s ASMR ...

Broom sweeps and marble rumblings are just a taste of the sounds that you can enjoy at Whisperlodge, an interactive ASMR performance. Founded in 2016, Whisperlodge invites guests to experience ASMR, ...

Put yoga and meditation in the too-hard basket. There’s an easier way to decompress. Right this minute, thousands of people are watching a YouTube video of a woman stroking a boar-bristle hairbrush.

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 ...