You know those first few weeks and months of a really painful breakup? When you can't eat, or sleep, or stop crying? Imagine if in those moments you had a voice in your ear whispering 'I love you' and ...

On the last supermoon of 2024 on 15 November, new research commissioned by hotel brand Holiday Inn Express reveals nearly a third (29%) of Brits say the moon’s phases affect their sleep quality. A ...

Professor Craig Richards’ new book, “Brain Tingles,” will be published Sept. 4. Have you seen videos where people whisper, cut hair, or unwrap candy bars slowly to help other people relax? If you have ...

ASMR, which has become more common in recent years, is an abbreviation for 'autonomous sensory meridian response' and refers to the comfort, tingling pleasure, and relaxed feeling felt by auditory and ...

Her voice never registers above a whisper. She stares at you with soft eyes. Then slowly, she turns the pages of a book, tapping her fingers softly against the paper. The sound of her voice and ...

Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Work, Play, Rest - Part 3. Why do so many people experience brain tingles when watching ASMR videos? Physiologist Craig Richard shares the science behind the ...

Michael MacIntyre, MD, is a board-certified general and forensic psychiatrist practicing general psychiatry at the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in Los Angeles. ASMR is a sensation in which ...

I first discovered ASMR while in a strange corner of YouTube. I had just watched a 20-second video of seagulls and another 30-minute video chronicling the fertility struggles of a Florida couple named ...