{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13"],"submitter":["Poerio GL"],"pubmed_abstract":["Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a complex sensory-emotional experience characterized by pleasant tingling sensations initiating at the scalp. ASMR is triggered in some people (called ASMR-responders) by stimuli including whispering, personal attention, and crisp sounds (termed ASMR triggers). Since its inception, ASMR has been likened to synesthesia, but convincing empirical data directly linking ASMR with synesthesia is lacking. In this study, we examined whether the prevalence of synesthesia is indeed significantly higher in ASMR-responders than non-responders. A sample of working adults and students (<i>N</i> = 648) were surveyed about their experience with ASMR and common types of synesthesia. The proportion of synesthetes who were classified as ASMR-responders was 52%, "],"journal":["Frontiers in psychology"],"pagination":["990565"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9558233"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Similar but different: High prevalence of synesthesia in autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR)."],"pmcid":["PMC9558233"],"pubmed_authors":["Ueda M","Kondo HM","Poerio GL"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Similar but different: High prevalence of synesthesia in autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR).","description":"Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a complex sensory-emotional experience characterized by pleasant tingling sensations initiating at the scalp. ASMR is triggered in some people (called ASMR-responders) by stimuli including whispering, personal attention, and crisp sounds (termed ASMR triggers). Since its inception, ASMR has been likened to synesthesia, but convincing empirical data directly linking ASMR with synesthesia is lacking. In this study, we examined whether the prevalence of synesthesia is indeed significantly higher in ASMR-responders than non-responders. A sample of working adults and students (<i>N</i> = 648) were surveyed about their experience with ASMR and common types of synesthesia. The proportion of synesthetes who were classified as ASMR-responders was 52%, ","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-08-30T03:12:47.217Z","creation":"2025-04-07T10:25:37.661Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9558233","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36248469"],"doi":["10.3389/fpsyg.2022.990565"]}}