Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) can be described as a tingling sensation that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. The human body produces this pleasant tingling feeling after hearing unique soft voices or certain soothing sounds. These manifestations occur while watching ASMR videos, recordings or in a face to face conversation with a person that has a tender soft voice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A whole new culture has emerged around ASMR. Although it is a relatively new field, it is gaining more and more adepts. By 2018 over 13 million ASMR videos were published on YouTube. The number of video makers, or ASMRtists, is also growing by leaps and bounds. The reason is simple: people use these free-access resources to relax and even to fall asleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ASMR is related to language because, on one hand, it’s making people from all over the world watch videos made from ASMRtists that are from other countries and speak other languages. And on the other hand, it is a cultural example of how humans communicate and the range of feelings and emotions that can be produced when the pronunciation, the tone and the contextual sounds change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is the experience of tingling sensations in the crown of the head, in response to a range of audio-visual triggers such as whispering, tapping, and hand movements (Poerio et al., 2018). ASMR is a neologism and the whole culture around this phenomenon is pretty new, so it doesn’t have a profound theorical background. According to the research of Poerio et al., the psychological basis of ASMR has not yet been established. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each person experiences ASMR \u2018tingles\u2019 in a different way. For this reason, it is a subjective experience that is often accompanied by feelings of calm and relaxation. The experience of ASMR occurs involuntarily in response to certain external triggers, including: whispering, soft-speaking, tapping, scratching, slow and expert hand movements and close personal attention. As it is expressed in the research of Poerio, many people report experiencing ASMR since childhood but assume that ASMR is either a universal experience or one unique to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to the Internet and social media, especially to video platforms, such as YouTube, this entire universe has expanded. The main sorts of ASMR videos are only random words being whispered or role plays, in which the ASMRtists pretend to be different characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n