History of ASMR: Interview (Part 1) with Jennifer Allen, the woman who coined the term “ASMR” (podcast episode #8)

ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversityIn this podcast episode I will read the first part of an interview I did with Jennifer Allen, the woman who coined the term, “Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response.”

You will hear about the details and inside stories about:

  • her involvement in the first forum thread about ASMR,
  • her creation of the term ASMR,
  • her founding of the ASMR Facebook Group and ASMR Facebook Page,
  • her creation of the research website,
  • and her fight to keep the first Wikipedia page about ASMR.

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History of ASMR: About Jennifer Allen, the woman who coined the term “ASMR” (podcast episode #7)

ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversityIn this podcast episode, I will be telling you about Jennifer Allen, the woman who coined the term Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response.

But that is not all she did, here is a summary of her major contributions which I will be highlighting in this episode:

  • 2009: participated in the first major online discussion of the sensation at steadyhealth.com
  • 2010: coined the term autonomous sensory meridian response
  • 2010: founded the Facebook ASMR Group
  • 2010: created the website http://www.asmr-research.org
  • 2011: founded the Facebook ASMR Page
  • 2011: lobbied Wikipedia to keep the first ASMR entry

And I also will be expressing my gratitude to Sam Riding, DrewWal, Johohodedo, and Pbuck87 for taking the time to Write a Review of the podcast.

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Can ASMR videos help improve prisoner behavior?

ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversityUsing ASMR videos to improve prisoner behavior may sound like a strange idea, but could it work?

The best support for this idea comes from the American Psychological Association (APA) which recently put out a press release titled, “Can nature videos help improve prisoner behavior?”

The press release is about a research study which investigated the effects of nature videos to reduce aggressive behavior among inmates.

Did it work?

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Filmmaker begins production of the ASMR-inspired movie, “P.A.I.N.”

ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversityMike Reed lives in Denmead, UK, has attended South Downs College, and has a Foundation Diploma in Fine Art from Portsmouth College Art & Design.

Mike also creates ASMR videos for his YouTube channel, “Show Me ASMR” and has begun production of a full feature length ASMR film titled, “P.A.I.N.”.

Mike’s movie “P.A.I.N.” now joins the movie “Murmurs” on a very short list of ASMR movies currently in production.

In my interview with Mike he shares his inspiration for creating an ASMR movie, information about other movies he has produced, why the movie is titled, “P.A.I.N.”, the types of ASMR triggers which will be incorporated into the production, and the release date of the movie.

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Meet Nick, the YouTube artist known as “theASMRnerd”

ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversityNick has his B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Victoria and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of British Columbia in Canada.

Nick is also known as the ASMR artist, theASMRnerd. He has created over 130 ASMR videos since February of 2013 and currently has almost 36,000 followers.

And I must confess, “theASMRnerd” is definitely one of my favorite ASMR artist names.

In my interview with Nick he shares why he chose his artist name, the type of content in his videos, the story behind his video “Preparing Scientific Samples”, advice for new ASMR artists, and what he would say to researchers and clinicians to get them more interested in studying ASMR.

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