Body scan meditation enhances the autonomous sensory meridian response to auditory stimuli.
Perception June 1, 2022 Sarah Glim, Lynn Braun, Sophie Hayd et al.
Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a pleasant, tingling sensation on the skin that can be elicited by certain auditory and visual stimuli, with the intertwining of sensory modalities and emotional reactions observable in this phenomenon resembling that of synesthesia. The current study shows that the perception of ASMR-associated tingles can be enhanced by means of a prior...