Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Have you ever heard or saw something that left your body ...

Giulia Poerio does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) could help you access an altered sense of consciousness, research suggests. Oxytocin, colloquially known as the love hormone, is largely responsible for ...

"People who come across ASMR videos for the first time may find them uncomfortable," warns Dr. Bryson Lochte. Source: Yulia Lisitsa/Shutterstock Key Points: ASMR—a pleasant tingling sensation that ...

If you've ever seen those videos of people whispering, tapping on objects, role-playing as doctors and making hand gestures into the camera lens and questioned what the heck you've stumbled across, ...

The euphoric-but-relaxing responses to soothing visuals and quirky, textural sounds has spawned an online wellbeing phenomenon. But what is ASMR—and why do only some people feel it? Increasingly, ...

Have you ever come across an online video of someone pretending to do your makeup? Maybe you've seen clips of people ...

Now and then, before I settle down for some shut-eye, I insert my earbuds and let a YouTube video massage my brain. It isn’t long before my heartbeat and breathing slow down, even as I begin to feel ...

Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) has become a new craze in the social media age, though the practice has been around for much longer. Many YouTube channels and apps are now dedicated to ...

ASMR—a pleasant tingling sensation that some people feel in response to certain stimuli—is a popular online phenomenon with little scientific research to support it. Even though countless people claim ...