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147: The Science of ASMR

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ASMR seemed to take over the world in the 2010s... but is there any science behind it? That's what we're digging into this week!



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References & Further Reading
  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/magazine/how-asmr-videos-became-a-sensation-youtube.html
  2. https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/asmr-more-than-a-feeling/amp/
  3. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-asmr-real-or-just-a-pseudoscience/
  4. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29924796/
  5. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33232904/
  6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31128572/
  7. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34769976/
  8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33174254/
  9. https://peerj.com/articles/851/