And that’s why I have trouble trying to understand what really is the ASMR component versus all the other stimuli that I’m experiencing.Ĭraig Richard: Yeah, it can be confusing. So maybe I’m not a Tingler, but I certainly was attracted to the advertisement on multiple different levels. Phil Stieg: I would submit that the pop of the beer bottle, the fizz that when she was pouring it into the glass, all of those sensations really are pleasing sensations. But sure enough, it worked really well because there’s two ways to get people’s attention. ![]() ![]() Beer in its organic form…Ĭraig Richard: So you don’t see many Super Bowl ads that will try this technique. This place …so pure you can feel it… This beer, so pure you can taste it. ![]() And what the ad was doing was simulating what is done in the ASMR video, which is simulating what is done in real life. And then how does that reflect ASMR?Ĭraig Richard: Yeah, I was the consultant for that Super Bowl commercial. Maybe you can explain the advertisement to people so they know what we’re talking about. So I’m presuming since there was a huge number of people watching the Super Bowl, many of individuals may have seen that advertisement with Zoe Kravitz for a beer advertisement. Phil Stieg: Do you personally experience brain tingles?Ĭraig Richard: Yes. If you’re thinking you’re going to feel it like an actual orgasm, you’re going to be disappointed. It was not a good term because it does set up a false expectation. It was one of the early terms because people were so surprised by this enjoyable feeling they had in these moments, they didn’t expect it. There’s an upside and a downside of that term. Do you think that was good for the field or not? Because it seems to me to throw a person off from what you’re really trying to get at.Ĭraig Richard: Yeah. Phil Stieg: In reading through the materials on this whole topic, the term brain orgasm was thrown out there. But it’s so popular that it has to be a significant amount of the population. Maybe only 10% have a really strong response, maybe 30% have a weak response. It has not been determined scientifically. Do you have any idea of what proportion of the population do?Ĭraig Richard: No one’s done a random population sampling, so it is unknown. Phil Stieg: Not everybody experiences these brain tingles. These kinds of just positive personal moments stimulate this deep, relaxing feeling. It might happen with a teacher, a parent, a hairdresser, your best friend who’s just playing with your hair. So in real life, this might happen with a health care professional. ASMR happens when you’re receiving positive personal attention from a kinder, caring person. I think the most important aspect of it, though, is context. So it’s someone’s gentle voice, it’s gentle light sounds, gentle movements, and it’s even light or gentle touch if it’s being experienced in person with someone else. The triggers for this are all have a gentle nature to them. What is ASMR?Ĭraig Richard: It is a deeply relaxed mixing feeling where people often feel these light staticky, what they’re referred to as brain tingles or tingles on their scalp, which may travel further down their body. ![]() Craig, thank you for being with us today. ASMR is Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, the deeply relaxing sensation in response to certain stimuli, whispering, crinkling, paper, touch and more. I’d like to welcome Professor Craig Richard, founder of ASMR University. Physiologist Craig Richard explains the science behind ASMR, and why in some people induces a deeply relaxing response that can resolve insomnia, relaxation, and stress. ASMR, or the autonomous sensory meridian response, is a state of deep calm accompanied by a sense of “brain tingles.” Not everyone experiences it, but if you do, you know what triggers it: a whisper or other soft sounds, a gentle touch or movement, even watching a Bob Ross video.
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