Beverley Katherine Fredborg

An examination of the default mode network in individuals with autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR)

Social Neuroscience July 4, 2017 Stephen D. Smith, Beverley Katherine Fredborg, J. Kornelsen

ABSTRACT Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a perceptual condition in which specific visual and auditory stimuli consistently trigger tingling sensations on the scalp and neck, sometimes spreading to the back and limbs. These triggering stimuli are often social, almost intimate, in nature (e.g., hearing whispering, or watching someone brush her hair), and often elicit a calm and...