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Newsweek article about Bob Ross and ASMR

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Newsweek has just published an article about ASMR.

It is a lengthy and well written piece by Joe Kloc which focuses on Bob Ross as a painter, a person, and of course, as a seminal figure in the experience of ASMR for many individuals.

Ilse Blansert is also prominently featured, providing illustrative quotes that tie in well throughout the story.

The article does not address many scientific theories about ASMR.  But I found the information about Bob Ross so well done that it did feel like a fresh piece of journalism about ASMR.

Here are some (but not all) of the most interesting bits from the article.

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A book about ASMR is being written

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Author Julie Young and ASMR artist Ilse Blansert are collaborating on the first book from a major publisher about ASMR titled, “Complete Idiot’s Guide to ASMR.”

Julie has experienced ASMR for a long period of time and brings her extensive author experience and deep interest about ASMR to this endeavor.

Ilse is an ASMR artist (AKA The Water whispers) with over 120,000 followers on YouTube, so you can expect she will be providing some of the best understandings and perspectives about ASMR to be found anywhere.

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Hand movements in ASMR videos could be helpful to learning new information

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ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversitySlow and methodical hand movements are common to many ASMR videos.

The hands may be tapping on something, demonstrating something, unboxing something, or just gliding rhythmically in the air.

And those videos can be soooo captivating.  Why is that?

Is it the tapping?  Is it the demonstration?  Is it the item being unboxed?

Well, new research suggests that perhaps it is the hands that are grabbing your attention.

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ASMR video smackdown: Bubbles vs Calligraphy

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ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversityI’m not really sure what a “smackdown” is, it just seemed like a good fit in the title.

It is probably bad form to use terms that are not in my wheelhouse.

Heck, I’m not really sure what a wheelhouse is either.  Or if I have one.

Vocabulary insecurities aside, we have an ASMR video smackdown to get to.

I have selected these two videos because they both may fall into the “unintentional” ASMR video category.  This means that the videos may not have been specifically created to trigger ASMR.

Although I do think both were created to induce relaxation, so maybe they fall into a “semi-intentional” ASMR category?

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