ASMR University Podcast

In this podcast episode I will read the first part of an interview I did with Jennifer Allen, the woman who coined the term, “Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response.”

You will hear about the details and inside stories about:

• her involvement in the first forum thread about ASMR,
• her creation of the term ASMR,
• her founding of the ASMR Facebook Group and ASMR Facebook Page,
• her creation of the research website,
• and her fight to keep the first Wikipedia page about ASMR.

Subscribe to the ASMR University Podcast to hear all of the past and future episodes or listen to this one episode right here:

I will also be expressing my gratitude in this episode to E.G. Styles for taking the time to write a review of the podcast. If you would like to write a review of this podcast then feel free to click the link below or go directly to this podcast in iTunes or in the Apple Podcast App.

• Write a review of the ASMR University podcast.

In the next podcast episode I will read the second part of my interview with Jennifer Allen which will include her perspectives and insights about the past, present, and future of ASMR.

In some upcoming podcast episodes I will be reading ASMR experiences submitted to the Voices of ASMR project. If you would like add your thoughts, perspectives, and experiences with ASMR to the Voices of ASMR project then feel free to click the link below or use the link at asmruniversity.com.

• Share your ASMR experiences at the Voices of ASMR project.

Links and Resources for this episode:

• Transcript of the interview with Jennifer Allen.

Links and Resources for this podcast:

• Subscribe to this podcast.
• Rate & Review this podcast.
• Participate in the Voices of ASMR project.
• Visit the ASMR University website (www.asmru.com).
• Contact Dr. Richard via [email protected].

In this podcast episode, you will hear participants in the Voices of ASMR project explain the following about their ASMR experiences:

• Does your ASMR feel the same as a sexual response?
• How is your ASMR similar to a sexual response?
• How is your ASMR different from a sexual response?

Subscribe to the ASMR University Podcast to hear all of the past and future episodes or listen to this one episode right here:

Voices of ASMR (VOA) Questions and Responses:

• Respond to THIS episode’s VOA question:
• Respond to the NEXT episode’s VOA question:

Links and Resources for this podcast:

• Subscribe to this podcast
• Rate & Review this podcast
• Participate in the Voices of ASMR project
• Visit the ASMR University website (www.asmru.com)
• Contact Dr. Richard via [email protected]

In this podcast episode, you will hear participants in the Voices of ASMR project explain the following about their ASMR experiences:

• What physical sensations do you feel?
• Where do you feel these sensations on your body?
• What emotional and psychological sensations do you feel?
• How strong are the sensations?
• How long do the sensations last?

Subscribe to the ASMR University Podcast to hear all of the past and future episodes or listen to this one episode right here:

Voices of ASMR (VOA) Questions and Responses:

• Respond to THIS episode’s VOA question: What does ASMR feel like?
• Respond to the NEXT episode’s VOA question: Is ASMR a sexual feeling?

Links and Resources for this podcast:

• Subscribe to this podcast
• Rate & Review this podcast
• Participate in the Voices of ASMR project
• Visit the ASMR University website (www.asmru.com)
• Contact Dr. Richard via [email protected]

In this podcast episode, I will be summarizing the third peer-reviewed research publication about ASMR and sharing an interview with the authors.

The paper is titled, ““An Examination of Personality Traits Associated with Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)”)” and was published in the journal, Frontiers in Psychology on February 23, 2017. The authors are Beverley Fredborg, Jim Clark, and Stephen Smith from the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.

This podcast episode will cover the following topics:

• What are the personality traits associated with ASMR-sensitive individuals?
• What are the most intense ASMR triggers?
• How they recruited participants and determined ASMR sensitivity.
• The focus of their next ASMR research publication.
• and more.

Subscribe to the ASMR University Podcast to hear all of the past and future episodes or listen to this one episode right here:

Links and Resources for this episode:

• Paper: An Examination of Personality Traits Associated with ASMR.
• Transcript of the interview

Links and Resources for this podcast:

• Subscribe to this podcast
• Rate & Review this podcast
• Participate in the Voices of ASMR project
• Visit the ASMR University website (www.asmru.com)
• Contact Dr. Richard via [email protected]

In this podcast episode, I will be summarizing the second peer-reviewed research publication about ASMR and sharing an interview with the authors.

The paper is titled, “An examination of the default mode network in individuals with autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR)” and was published in the journal Social Neuroscience on May 31, 2016. The authors are Stephen Smith, Beverley Fredborg, and Jennifer Kornelsen from the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.

This podcast episode will cover the following topics:

• What is fMRI?
• What did the experiment reveal about ASMR?
• What challenges did they encounter during this project?
• What ASMR experiments are on their horizons?
• and more.

Subscribe to the ASMR University Podcast to hear all of the past and future episodes or listen to this one episode right here:

Links and Resources for this episode:

• The fMRI publication
• Transcript of the interview

Links and Resources for this podcast:

• Subscribe to this podcast
• Rate & Review this podcast
• Participate in the Voices of ASMR project
• Visit the ASMR University website (www.asmru.com)
• Contact Dr. Richard via [email protected]