Voices of ASMR: What triggers ASMR while watching a video? (podcast episode #16)

ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversityIn this podcast episode, you will hear participants in the Voices of ASMR project explain the following about their ASMR experiences:

What triggers ASMR for you when you are watching a video, include details like:

  • Are you triggered by voices? sounds? sights?
  • Which of the above trigger types is the strongest for you?
  • Can you experience ASMR by listening to a video with the screen off?
  • What specific actions, sounds, scenarios, or role-plays in a video stimulate your ASMR the strongest?
  • Do your immediate surroundings make a difference to your ability to experience ASMR from a video?
  • Do you prefer intentional ASMR videos or unintentional ASMR videos?
  • Who are your favorite ASMR artists and why do you like them better than other artists?
  • For you, is the ASMR stimulated by a video similar or different from the ASMR stimulated by a real world situation?

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Voices of ASMR: What triggers ASMR in the real world? (podcast episode #15)

ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversityIn this podcast episode, you will hear participants in the Voices of ASMR project explain the following about their ASMR experiences:

  • What real world situations trigger your ASMR the strongest?
  • Do your immediate surroundings make a difference?
  • Is the sensation similar or different from ASMR triggered by a video or audio recording?

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Voices of ASMR: Is ASMR a sexual feeling? (podcast episode #14)

ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversityIn this podcast episode, you will hear participants in the Voices of ASMR project explain the following about their ASMR experiences:

  • Does your ASMR feel the same as a sexual response?
  • How is your ASMR similar to a sexual response?
  • How is your ASMR different from a sexual response?

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Science of ASMR: The third peer-reviewed research publication (podcast episode #12)

ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian ResponseIn this podcast episode, I will be summarizing the third peer-reviewed research publication about ASMR and sharing an interview with the authors.

The paper is titled, ““An Examination of Personality Traits Associated with Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)”)” and was published in the journal, Frontiers in Psychology on February 23, 2017. The authors are Beverley Fredborg, Jim Clark, and Stephen Smith from the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.

This podcast episode will cover the following topics:

  • What are the personality traits associated with ASMR-sensitive individuals?
  • What are the most intense ASMR triggers?
  • How they recruited participants and determined ASMR sensitivity.
  • The focus of their next ASMR research publication.
  • and more.

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Science of ASMR: The second peer-reviewed research publication (podcast episode #11)

ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversityIn this podcast episode, I will be summarizing the second peer-reviewed research publication about ASMR and sharing an interview with the authors.

The paper is titled, “An examination of the default mode network in individuals with autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR)” and was published in the journal Social Neuroscience on May 31, 2016.  The authors are Stephen Smith, Beverley Fredborg, and Jennifer Kornelsen from the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.

This podcast episode will cover the following topics:

  • What is fMRI?
  • What did the experiment reveal about ASMR?
  • What challenges did they encounter during this project?
  • What ASMR experiments are on their horizons?
  • and more.

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Science of ASMR: The first peer-reviewed research publication (podcast episode #10)

ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response UniversityIn this podcast episode, I will be summarizing the data from the first peer-reviewed research publication about ASMR.

The paper is titled, “Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR): a flow-like mental state”, is authored by Emma Barratt and Nick Davis, and was published March 26, 2015.

You will hear about the data from the paper related to these questions:

  • Why do people watch ASMR videos?
  • What are common ASMR triggers?
  • When do people first experience ASMR?
  • Do ASMR videos help people to feel less depressed?
  • Do ASMR videos lessen the symptoms of chronic pain?
  • And more.

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History of ASMR: Interview (Part 2) with Jennifer Allen, the woman who coined the term “ASMR” (podcast episode #9)

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

Jennifer will be sharing her thoughts and feelings about

  • the current widespread use of the term ASMR,
  • how her understanding of ASMR has changed over time,
  • what she perceives as the next big step for the ASMR community,
  • where the understanding and application of ASMR might be in 10 years,
  • how ASMR is part of her daily life,
  • and more.

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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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