Delaney Kearns
For my final blog post, I wanted to talk about ASMR, which stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, it’s essentially the body’s response to certain sounds.
On social media platforms, I regularly see creators with millions of followers making their own forms of ASMR such as simply eating closely to a microphone or whispering to a screen. Which is such an intersteing and I think fairly newer topic. If our ancestors saw us eating into a microphone while filming it I think they would faint 🙂
There are many ASMR “triggers” out there such as whispering, crinkling paper, finger nails tapping, brushing, etc. It’s honestly any form of tingling or relaxing noise that the brain reacts to and enjoys.
The thing for me is I actually can’t decide if I love or hate ASMR. Something about people whispering kind of actually bothers me. But it is interesting to see how some people’s brains really enjoy it!
The reason behind this is something that even sceintists are still trying to figure out. Many theories however include, the fact that the sounds mimac real things and are not audio generated. The brain itself loves pattern and conssitency and might find piece in the ability to deteremine what sound will be next in a consistent ASMR practice.
It’s safe to say that people aren’t exactly quite sure yet why these sounds create such joy for people, but they do! I’ve attached two different types of ASMR videos to the bottom of this post. Let me know what you guys think? Do you enjoy them? Or not so much?