Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) and frisson: Mindfully induced sensory phenomena that promote happiness

Campo, Marisa A. del; Kehle, Thomas J.

doi:10.1080/21683603.2016.1130582

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“…These responses can be either positively-or negativelyvalenced. While early reports occurred/documented a rare occurrence, it would seem that the online ASMR community is expanding rapidly [86,87]. It is easy to see why a growing number of brands are interested in triggering such responses while people are consuming their food and drink products.…”

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Extraordinary emotional responses elicited by auditory stimuli linked to the consumption of food and drink

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2020

Acoust. Sci. & Tech.

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A growing number of food and beverage brands have recently started to become interested in trying to link extraordinary emotional experiences to their product offerings. Oftentimes, such extraordinary responses are triggered by product-extrinsic auditory and, to a lesser extent, visual stimuli, such as music or videos having particular sensory qualities or semantic meaning. While much of the interest in this area recently has been linked to the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), it is worth noting that there are also a number of other responses, such as chills, thrills, and so-called 'skin orgasms' that have been documented previously, if not always in a food-related context. Elsewhere, both multisensory dining experiences and experiential events have also been reported to bring people to tears. There are, in other words, a number of extraordinary emotional responses that can or, in some cases, already have been linked to the consumption of food and drink. While such responses to auditory stimuli (increasingly mediated by technology) in the context of food are by no means widespread, they nevertheless hold the potential of delivering dramatic food and beverage experiences that offer the promise of being more stimulating, more memorable, and more emotionally-engaging than anything that has gone before.

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Extraordinary emotional responses elicited by auditory stimuli linked to the consumption of food and drink

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2020

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“…Indeed, Cash et al acknowledge that non-ASMR participants may have actually been experiencing frisson, or music chills, when rating the music clip as inducing ASMR -and without further questioning of participants we are unable to tell whether the tingles were ASMR or something else (del Campo & Kehle, 2016;Maruskin et al, 2012). Cash et al acknowledge that the phenomenological difference between frisson and ASMR was reported to them by the ASMR participants and the difference is promoted within the ASMR reddit community from which they sampled (https://www.reddit.com/r/asmr/wiki/index).…”

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“…Explanation Example items Frequency and time course of tingling sensations ASMR tingling sensations are likely to be of longer duration and more "dynamic" in comparison to music induced chills (Fredborg et al, 2017;del Campo & Kehle, 2016).…”

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“…Emotional responses Poerio et al (2018) have shown that ASMR tingles are consistently accompanied by increased high and low arousal pleasant affect (e.g. feelings of excitement and calmness) which differentiates them from music-induced chills which are typically associated more with high activation pleasant affect and strong emotions of being moved or touched (Bannister, 2018;del Campo & Kehle, 2016;Grewe et al, 2009).…”

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Still more than a feeling: Commentary on Cash et al., “Expectancy effects in the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response” and recommendations for measurement in future ASMR research.

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2018

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Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) – the sensory phenomenon experienced by some people in response to visual and auditory stimuli such as whispering – has attracted substantial public attention but is not yet well-understood or well-established within the scientific community. Recent research published in PeerJ by Cash, Heisick, & Papesh (2018) investigated whether ASMR could be a placebo effect (resulting from expectation) rather than a genuine experience triggered by ASMR-inducing stimuli. In this article, we provide a commentary on Cash et al.’s findings and argue that they provide evidence for (rather than against) the veracity of ASMR. We discuss issues regarding measurement of ASMR and end by providing some recommendations on how to assess ASMR as both a state and a trait, in the hope of galvanising collaborative research efforts in the emerging field of ASMR.

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“…Although the phenomenology of ASMR overlaps with other atypical conscious states, there are elements of the ASMR experience that appear to be unique. For instance, unlike other sensory-emotional experiences such as frisson (i.e., "chills" elicited by music or an emotional experience), which tend to last up to 10 seconds, individuals with ASMR may experience the tingling sensations induced by a triggering stimulus for several minutes or more (del Campo & Kehle, 2016;Fredborg, Clark, & Smith, 2017). In addition, the intensity and duration of ASMR experiences are often under the control of the individual, a characteristic that distinguishes ASMR from the automatic sensory responses of synesthesia.…”

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2018

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Background: Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a perceptual phenomenon in which specific audiovisual stimuli frequently elicit tingling sensations on the scalp and neck. These stimuli ("ASMR triggers") are typically social in nature (e.g., watching someone brush their hair, hearing whispering,) and often elicit a calm and positive emotional state that may last up to several minutes.ASMR experiences phenomenologically overlap with mindfulness; however, no research has directly examined how mindfulness might relate to ASMR. Methods: In the current study, 284 individuals with ASMR completed the Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS), the Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale (MAAS), and a questionnaire examining ASMR experiences. Age-and sexmatched control participants were asked to view two ASMR-eliciting videos to ensure that they did not experience tingling sensations associated with ASMR; they then completed the TMS and MAAS questionnaires. Results: When compared with matched controls, individuals with ASMR generated significantly higher scores on the Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale, a global measure of mindfulness, as well as significantly higher scores on the Curiosity subscale of the Toronto Mindfulness Scale. Conclusions: These results suggest that the sensory-emotional experiences associated with ASMR may be partially explained by a distinct subset of characteristics associated with mindfulness.

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Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) and frisson: Mindfully induced sensory phenomena that promote happiness

Cited by 104 publications

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Extraordinary emotional responses elicited by auditory stimuli linked to the consumption of food and drink

Extraordinary emotional responses elicited by auditory stimuli linked to the consumption of food and drink

Still more than a feeling: Commentary on Cash et al., “Expectancy effects in the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response” and recommendations for measurement in future ASMR research.

Peer Review #2 of "Mindfulness and autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) (v0.1)"

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