Autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR, is a tingling sensation and a pleasant form of paresthesia that usually begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. It has been compared with synesthesia and may overlap with frisson, and is described as a subjective experience of low-grade euphoria characterized by a combination of positive feelings and a distinct, static-like tingling sensation on the skin. It is most commonly triggered by specific auditory and visual stimuli, and less commonly through intentional attention control; the term is also used for the audiovisual media created specifically to evoke the sensation, which is informally referred to as tingles.
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Core ClaimA tingling sensation and pleasant form of paresthesia that usually begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. 1 First Described Year Classification
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1. Autonomous sensory meridian response, Wikipedia
Introduction
An autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a tingling sensation and pleasant form of paresthesia, that usually begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine.
Terminology
In 2010, Jennifer Allen, a participant in an online forum, proposed that the phenomenon be named "autonomous sensory meridian response".
lead section, phenomenon-kind classification
An autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a tingling sensation and pleasant form of paresthesia, that usually begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine.
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