ArticlePeerJ2021
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response self-reporters showed higher scores for cognitive reappraisal as an emotion regulation strategy.
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- Differences in brain functional connectivity between autonomous sensory meridian response and classical music.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Do whispering minds tingle alike? Exploring the relationship between ASMR-sensitivity, trait-ASMR, and trigger preference.PloS one · 2025Article
- Neurophysiological and cognitive enhancements in autonomous sensory meridian response identified using heart rate variability and electroencephalography connectivity.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Predicting tingling sensations induced by autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) videos based on sound texture statistics: a comparison to pleasant feelings.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Brain function effects of autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) video viewing.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Beyond tingles: An exploratory qualitative study of the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR).PloS one · 2022Article
- ASMR as Idiosyncratic Experience: Experimental Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAutonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) describes the experience of a pleasant tingling sensation along the back of the head, accompanied with a feeling of well-being and relaxation, in response to specific audio-visual stimuli, such as whispers, soft sounds, and personal attention. Previous works have assessed individual variations in personality traits associated with ASMR, but no research to date has explored differences in emotion regulation associated with ASMR. This omission occurred even when ASMR, a sensory-emotional experience, has been proposed to be located in a sound sensitivity spectrum as the opposite end of misophonia, a phenomenon associated with difficulties regulating emotions. The present work aimed to assess group differences between ASMR self-reporters and non-ASMR controls associated with emotion regulation strategies.
methodsWe used the validated Spanish version of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire to assess individual differences in the use of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression.
resultsOur results showed that participants who experience ASMR had higher scores in the cognitive reappraisal subscale of the emotion regulation questionnaire than the non-ASMR group.
conclusionsIndividuals who experience ASMR reported higher use of cognitive reevaluation of emotionally arousing situations, suggesting more effectiveness in regulating emotions. Our finding further elucidates individual differences related to this experience, supporting that ASMR is a real psychophysiological phenomenon associated with other psychological constructs and has remarkable consequences in affective/emotional dimensions and general well-being.
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