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The two phenomena are similar in that they both tend to occur while one is mindful and fully engaged with the triggering stimulus, they both involve an affective component, and both experiences are associated with large individual differences in triggering stimuli ( Nusbaum et al., 2014 del Campo and Kehle, 2016).

There are several factors that distinguish ASMR from other atypical sensory experiences, such as frisson-the pleasurable tingling sensations that occur during an emotional response to music (often referred to as “chills” del Campo and Kehle, 2016). The authors also found that other common ASMR triggers include listening to and watching an individual tap on various objects, watching an individual open a package, and watching an individual complete an intricate task, such as drawing, painting their fingernails, or applying make-up. A recent survey study by Barratt and Davis (2015) was the first to find that whispering, close-up attention, and slow movements such as hair-brushing elicited tingles in over half of the 450 individuals with ASMR that they studied. Due to a dearth of experimental research on the subject, our understanding of the formal descriptive parameters of ASMR is highly limited. To date, little research has been published on the phenomenon indeed, only five peer-reviewed papers have been published on ASMR (e.g., Ahuja, 2013 Andersen, 2015 Barratt and Davis, 2015 del Campo and Kehle, 2016 Smith et al., 2016), only two of which included empirical data Barratt and Davis, 2015 Smith et al., 2016). Over the next few years, descriptions of ASMR proliferated in the media, with some journalists referring to the tingling phenomenology as “brain orgasms” (e.g., Beck, 2013). At this time, numerous online forums included discussions of a previously-unnamed feeling termed Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, an unscientific name coined by Jennifer Allen. ASMR triggers vary from person to person and may be auditory, visual, tactile, and/or olfactory in nature.ĪSMR was recently brought to the attention of the public in 2010 ( del Campo and Kehle, 2016). These results provide preliminary evidence that ASMR is associated with specific personality traits and suggest avenues for further investigation.Īutonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a perceptual condition in which specific stimuli (ASMR “triggers”) reliably elicit relaxing and pleasurable tingling sensations that are initially localized to the head and neck region and may spread secondarily to other regions of the body. Further, ratings of subjective ASMR intensity in response to 14 common ASMR stimuli were positively correlated with the Openness-to-Experience and Neuroticism dimensions of the BFI. Individuals with ASMR demonstrated significantly higher scores on Openness-to-Experience and Neuroticism, and significantly lower levels of Conscientiousness, Extraversion, and Agreeableness compared to matched controls. In the current study, 290 individuals with ASMR and 290 matched controls completed the Big Five Personality Inventory (BFI John et al., 1991) participants with ASMR also completed a questionnaire related to their ASMR phenomenology. However, despite the apparent prevalence of ASMR, there is currently no research on the personality characteristics that co-occur with this condition. Reports of ASMR experiences first appeared in online communities in 2010 since this time, these communities have expanded, with some groups consisting of over 100,000 members. These triggering stimuli are often socially intimate in nature, and usually involve repetition of movements and/or sounds (e.g., hearing whispering, watching someone brush her hair). Department of Psychology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaĪutonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a perceptual condition in which the presentation of particular audio-visual stimuli triggers intense, pleasurable tingling sensations in the head and neck regions, which may spread to the periphery of the body.Beverley Fredborg, Jim Clark and Stephen D.