![]() ![]() ROSS: What's so fantastic about this is that anybody can put a little masterpiece on canvas with just a little bit of practice, a vision in your mind, and off you go. And Bob Ross had the most caring, loving, gentle personality. RICHARD: It's a gentle person making gentle sounds, and somehow, that's helpful to you or you perceive that moment as caring. We'll just very quickly drop in just a little warm part in the sky here. ROSS: And we'll take this old brush and just making little X's, little crisscross strokes. It fits the perfect scenario of what we refer to as an ASMR scenario. RICHARD: He had a gentle voice, he had a kind disposition, and he had a skill that he was teaching you. But there was something tantalizing about him. But back in the '80s, he was this guy with big hair on public television who would paint a landscape in real time on camera. ZOMORODI: For those who aren't familiar, Bob Ross has become kind of a kitschy icon. I'm Bob Ross, and I'd like to welcome you to the 29th "Joy Of Painting" series. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE JOY OF PAINTING")īOB ROSS: Hello. ![]() They said people who experience ASMR tend to feel deeply relaxed and feel these brain tingles when they watch the TV show, Bob Ross' "Joy Of Painting" and my eyes lit up. And I was about to delete the episode until they gave the example of Bob Ross. And I'm a physiologist, and this sounded like physiology, but I'd never heard of it, so I was very skeptical. I was listening to a podcast in my kitchen and the episode was about this term that I had never heard before - autonomous sensory meridian response. ZOMORODI: So tell me - how on Earth, Craig, did you discover this world of research, and when did you find out that these sensations were actually something neurological going on? This could be between a hairdresser and a client, a health professional and a patient, romantic partners or even best friends. And it's usually a moment of positive personal attention, which means that you're interacting with someone who is kind and caring. RICHARD: But what's common to all these triggers of ASMR is that they must be gentle, low volume if they're sounds and non-abrupt. The triggers for this relaxing feeling can be a sound. But it also has these signature brain tingles, which feel light and sparkly. RICHARD: ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response, which is just a complicated word for a feeling that is deeply relaxing. Craig spent the last several years researching why some people love these sounds. ZOMORODI: ASMR, you may have heard of it before - those videos on YouTube of people whispering or making crinkling noises that millions of people watch to relax. What I miss is going to the hairdresser for that stimulation of ASMR that would happen. I am a bald man, but I don't miss my hair. RICHARD: And I have a confession because you're only hearing my voice right now you're not seeing me. RICHARD: And then all that would just put me in this deep state of relaxation. RICHARD: I'd hear the snip, snip, snip of the scissors. (SOUNDBITE OF SCISSORS OPENING AND CLOSING) RICHARD: And then they would start cutting it. (SOUNDBITE OF BRUSH RUNNING THROUGH HAIR) RICHARD: But then they'd start teasing my hair a little bit and saying, well, what do you want to do? Do you want it shorter? Do you want it like this? RICHARD: They then walk me over to the chair, and they'd sit me down. ![]() And that moment right there is just - I would want that to last a long time. ![]() RICHARD: And then they start running their fingers through your hair. RICHARD: And they start running that water through your hair. ZOMORODI: Craig used to love going to the hairdresser. RICHARD: And they put your head, the back of your head, into the sink, and they turn on some warm water. ZOMORODI: This is physiologist Craig Richard. CRAIG RICHARD: I remember walking in the door, and they would walk me over to that chair where you lean back. ![]()
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