The Sabres hired Pat LaFontaine as their President of Hockey Operations today and I'm oddly pleased. Sure, LaFontaine was an Islanders great and I'm vaguely an Islanders fan, but LaFontaine played his ...

From cucumber-crunchers to cranial exams, YouTube is full of ASMRtists provoking the strangely pleasurable autonomous sensory meridian response. Now they’ve got their own euphoric museum show Some ...

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The euphoric-but-relaxing responses to soothing visuals and quirky, textural sounds has spawned an online wellbeing phenomenon. But what is ASMR—and why do only some people feel it? Increasingly, ...

If you spend time on YouTube or TikTok, you may have come across videos of someone whispering into a microphone, carefully slicing stacks of slime, or slowly ripping strips of paper. These videos are ...

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 ...

What do the sounds of whispering, crinkling paper, and tapping fingernails have in common? What about the sight of soft paint brushes on skin, soap being gently cut to pieces, and hand movements like ...

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So many sounds get under my skin and even anger me. I’ve left the dinner table after being revolted by hearing others chewing and swallowing. When someone whispers something to me at the movies, it’s ...