These videos often fall under the umbrella of 'oddly satisfying' videos, along with, for example, people ... re known as triggers. Image caption, One ASMR trigger is intense ear attention, which ...

ASMR is an acronym for an interesting phenomenon that dates back to an internet sensation from the mid aughts.

Then again, some people never experience ASMR from watching videos, he noted, but something in the real world might trigger the sensation.

ASMR is short for autonomous sensory meridian response, the brain tingles people feel around the head and spine in response to certain triggers. Some of the most common triggers are whispering.