ArticleBrain connectivity2019
Atypical Functional Connectivity Associated with Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response: An Examination of Five Resting-State Networks.
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Investigating the Effects of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) Stimulation on the Functional Connectivity of the Default Mode Network
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Parcellation-based tractographic modeling of the salience network through meta-analysis.Brain and behavior · 2022Pooled it
- An Exploratory Study on the Regulatory Effect of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response on Anxiety: Evidence From Functional Near-Infrared Brain Imaging Technology.The European journal of neuroscience · 2025Article
- Exploring Neural Idiosyncrasies in Response to Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Videos: Naturalistic Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Stress and Sensory Processing.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- More relaxing than nature? The impact of ASMR content on psychological and physiological measures of parasympathetic activity.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2025Article
- Brain circuits in autonomous sensory meridian response and related phenomena.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Review
- Structural differences in the cortex of individuals who experience the autonomous sensory meridian response.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- The relaxation effect of autonomous sensory meridian response depends on personal preference.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Capacity of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response on the Reduction of Mental Stress.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Tingles down the spinal cord: A spinal functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation of the autonomous sensory meridian response.Perception · 2022Article
- Body scan meditation enhances the autonomous sensory meridian response to auditory stimuli.Perception · 2022Article
- Similar but different: High prevalence of synesthesia in autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR).Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- Effects of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response on the Functional Connectivity as Measured by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2020Article
- Possible Effect of Binaural Beat Combined With Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response for Inducing Sleep.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2019Article
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Abstract
Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a perceptual phenomenon in which specific auditory and/or visual stimuli consistently elicit tingling sensations on the neck, scalp, and shoulders, as well as a positive and relaxed emotional state. The "ASMR triggers" that initiate these responses generally consist of soft sounds (e.g., whispering), repetitive noises (e.g., tapping sounds), or videos of people performing socially intimate acts (e.g., watching someone brush her hair). Despite being a relatively common phenomenon, little is known about the neural substrates of ASMR. In the current research, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to examine whether ASMR was associated with atypical patterns of functional connectivity. Seventeen individuals with ASMR and 17 matched control participants underwent an anatomical MRI scan and a resting-state fMRI scan. An independent components analysis was used to identify the default mode, salience, central executive, sensorimotor, and visual networks. An analysis of variance with group (ASMR vs. control) as a between-subjects variable was performed to contrast the functional connectivity of each of these networks. The results demonstrated that ASMR was associated with reduced functional connectivity in the salience and visual networks, and with atypical patterns of connectivity in the default mode, central executive, and sensorimotor networks.
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