(CNN) — In early 2018, medical school lecturer Dr. James Gill was at a pub drinking with friends ahead of competing in the fifth season of the reality show “The Island with Bear Grylls.” His ...

One year on, and there's still no answer to what exactly happens in our bodies to trigger such a distinctive response - so pleasurable that some people call it a "braingasm" - from such mundane ...

Tapping fingernails triggering goosebumps, whispers sending shivers down the spine: the brain-tingling world of ASMR has the internet clamoring for sounds that feel good. The auditory-sensory ...

Craig Richard could not stop watching Bob Ross paint. It was 1983, and Ross's television show, The Joy of Painting, had ­recently premiered on PBS. Richard, then in his early teens, would come home ...

A plastic banana… sliced in slow motion. But wait — what’s inside? This quick asmr moment reveals a surreal rainbow filling, ...

It wouldn’t be all that surprising if you’d never heard of ASMR. Aside from being one of YouTube’s most active and ascendant subcultures, it’s also very, very quiet. ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian ...

A Welsh stone carver was surprised to learn his skill set has become popular in the ASMR community. A series of videos featuring Ieuan Rees went up on YouTube in 2012. They were to highlight the ...

Looks like ice cream. Feels like ice cream. But when you slice it open… surprise: watermelon inside! 🍉 In this surreal and relaxing AI asmr short, a soft, glossy ice cream shape is cut in slow motion ...

ASMR - a strange tingle in the head caused by certain sights and sounds - is a growing YouTube subculture. Now scientists are starting to investigate what the possible causes might be. Just over a ...

ASMR - a strange tingle in the head caused by certain sights and sounds - is a growing YouTube subculture. Now scientists are starting to investigate what the possible causes might be. Just over a ...