An article about ASMR recently appeared in the NY Times electronic blog section and in the print version on page D6.
It was a well written article authored by a woman with insomnia who accidentally stumbled on ASMR videos while hoping to find soothing videos of rustling papers.
She explains how she did find some lovely crinkling paper ASMR videos. These videos ended up helping her with her insomnia better than several other prior treatment types.
The article provided a good overview of ASMR and mentioned some top artists like Maria of Gentle Whispering and Heather Feather.
She also talks about how many of the scientists she reached out to were reluctant to talk about ASMR.
But not all.
ASMR University 