ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022
Similar but different: High prevalence of synesthesia in autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR).
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Affective touch sensitivity shapes tingling intensity in autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) experiences.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effects of ASMR on mental fatigue recovery revealed by EEG power and brain network analysis.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- More relaxing than nature? The impact of ASMR content on psychological and physiological measures of parasympathetic activity.Neuroscience of consciousness · 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 circuits in autonomous sensory meridian response and related phenomena.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Review
- Autonomous sensory Meridian response as a physically felt signature of positive and negative emotions.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Exploring the correlates and nature of subjective anomalous interactions with objects (psychometry): a mixed methods survey.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The relaxation effect of autonomous sensory meridian response depends on personal preference.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a complex sensory-emotional experience characterized by pleasant tingling sensations initiating at the scalp. ASMR is triggered in some people (called ASMR-responders) by stimuli including whispering, personal attention, and crisp sounds (termed ASMR triggers). Since its inception, ASMR has been likened to synesthesia, but convincing empirical data directly linking ASMR with synesthesia is lacking. In this study, we examined whether the prevalence of synesthesia is indeed significantly higher in ASMR-responders than non-responders. A sample of working adults and students (
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