The pandemic has left many people isolated and craving physical intimacy. Touch-based ASMR videos are helping some touch-deprived people better deal with being alone. Fans of the genre say they find ...

There’s not a single day that you couldn’t use the relaxing sounds of Pikachu in your ears, and Pokémon Japan is here to give you just that. Their latest Pokémon ASMR offering, “Pikachu on the Patio,” ...

Coined in 2009, the term autonomous sensory meridian response – ASMR for short – describes a tingling yet calming sensation triggered by audiovisual stimuli. For more than a decade it existed only on ...

Back in the '80s, Craig Richard, PhD, would come home from school, sling off his backpack, and plant himself in front of the television to watch painter Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting. Richard soaked ...

Apple hops on the ASMR trend with its latest series of shot on iPhone ads, created to help you relax no matter where you are. ASMR — short for autonomous sensory meridian response — is the experience ...

Even though some of us love to fall asleep to a good TV show, it’s probably not a great habit for our melatonin levels. (Or eyes or REM sleep or dreams.) Fans of SpongeBob SquarePants, however, now ...

Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) occurs when certain stimuli, including sounds, visuals, or close contact with another person, produce tingling or calm feelings and sensations. Share on ...

ASMR videos have grown in popularity a lot, with different kinds of formats like make-up ASMR, food ASMR etc. People share how watching these ASMR videos bring them a sense of peace and helps them ...

Traditional massages and sound-healing sessions are fine, but what if you could unwind using the very ASMR techniques you ...

This attempt at turtle ASMR features turtles eating watermelon, apples, bugs and carrots Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...