Back scratches with metal finger extensions? Face tracing with feather-tipped wands? It's not S&M; it's self-care at a ...

How can something scratch your brain? What does that feel like ... “These can be sensations associated with ASMR,” she added.

Further fMRI studies show that those sensitive to ASMR have increased activation in specific brain regions, including the medial prefrontal cortex (associated with self-awareness and social ...

That is, until I booked my first professional back scratch with Julie ... brains of people experiencing ASMR see spikes in neural activity in the regions of the brain associated with emotion ...