GentleWhispering triggers tingles, calms anxiety, puts some to sleep. April 8, 2014— -- The YouTube channel, "GentleWhispering," features 180 videos that most people would consider slow-paced and ...

If you're wondering what the hell ASMR is, you're not alone. When ASMR videos started trending on YouTube and Instagram, I was perplexed, too, but I finally decided to see what all the fuss was about.

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ASMR videos - which claim to induce a tingling feeling in the viewer - have quietly become an internet phenomenon. When I was a child I sometimes experienced a pleasant physical sensation in my scalp ...

The pretty blond woman is plucking at the bristles of a hairbrush with gold-manicured fingertips, tapping her nails softly against the wooden handle as she holds it close to a microphone. Bathed in ...

Maybe you've seen one of the millions of videos devoted to ASMR on the internet, or perhaps you experience the brain tingles yourself. Here's what you need to know about the phenomenon, adapted from ...