This video shows how it can be used to stimulate the prostate without penetration. Autonomous sensory meridian response ASMR , sometimes auto sensory meridian response , is a tingling sensation that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. A pleasant form of paresthesia , it has been compared with auditory-tactile synesthesia and may overlap with frisson.
It is most commonly triggered by specific auditory or visual stimuli, and less commonly by intentional attention control. While many colloquial and formal terms used and proposed between and included reference to orgasm , there was during that time a significant majority objection to its use among those active in online discussions, many of whom have continued to persist in differentiating the euphoric and relaxing nature of ASMR from sexual arousal.
However, the argument for sexual arousal persists, and some proponents have published videos categorized as ASMRotica ASMR erotica , which are deliberately designed to be sexually stimulating. Early proponents of ASMR concluded that the phenomenon was generally unrelated to sexual arousal. Allen chose the words intending or assuming them to have the following specific meanings:. Allen verified in a interview that she purposely selected these terms because they were more objective, comfortable, and clinical than alternative terms for the sensation.
Further information: Paresthesia. Though little scientific research has been conducted into potential neurobiological correlates to the perceptual phenomenon, with a consequent dearth of data with which to explain its physical nature, personal commentary from forums, blogs, and video comments has been analysed to describe the phenomenon.
Analysis of this anecdotal evidence has supported the original consensus that ASMR is euphoric but non-sexual in nature, and has divided those who experience ASMR into two broad categories of subjects.
