ASMR slime videos may fit the bill—or not. There is little scientific research on the phenomenon—the first scientific paper on it was published on the open-access journal PeerJ in 2015.

The report concludes, "This initial study of the neural substrates of ASMR will hopefully serve as a catalyst for future investigations of this intriguing condition." 4) Whispering? Slime?

As you scroll her colorful ASMR account, you’ll find a calming blend of clay-cracking, soap-cutting, and slime videos — and it’s all thanks to a quarantine hobby that actually stuck.

A girl sits in front of a camera and whispers softly into the microphone less than a few centimetres away. She focuses on the “s” and “tsk” sounds of her words, which echo in the otherwise ...