Multisensory contributions to affective touch

Spence, Charles

doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.08.003

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“…Taken together, these differences suggest that ASMR differs from synesthesia in a number of important and interesting ways. We tentatively suggest that ASMR may best be considered a heightened or exaggerated cross-modal correspondence related to hedonic touch 43 , rather than a subtype of synesthesia. Nevertheless, future research would bene t from exploring features that differentiate ASMR from synesthesia, and not only their similarities.…”

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confidence: 87%

Similar But Different: High Prevalence Of Synesthesia In Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)

Poerio

Ueda

Kondo

2022

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Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a complex sensory-emotional experience characterized by pleasant tingling sensations originating 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 (N = 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%, whereas 22% of ASMR-responders were also synesthetes. These results suggest that: (1) over half of those identifying as synesthetes also experience ASMR, and (2) that synesthesia is up to four times as common among ASMR-responders as among non-responders (22% vs. 5%). Findings also suggest a prevalence rate for ASMR of approximately 20%. Overall, the co-occurrence of ASMR and synesthesia lends empirical support to the idea that ASMR may be driven by synesthetic mechanisms, but future research would benefit from examining how ASMR and synesthesia are different, as well as similar.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 87%

Similar But Different: High Prevalence Of Synesthesia In Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)

Poerio

Ueda

Kondo

2022

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“…Taken together, these differences suggest that ASMR differs from synesthesia in a number of important and interesting ways. We tentatively suggest that ASMR may best be considered a heightened or exaggerated cross-modal correspondence related to hedonic touch ( Spence, 2022 ), rather than a subtype of synesthesia. Nevertheless, future research would benefit from exploring features that differentiate ASMR from synesthesia, and not only their similarities.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Similar but different: High prevalence of synesthesia in autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR)

Poerio

Ueda²,

Kondo³

2022

Front. Psychol.

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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 (N = 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%, whereas 22% of ASMR-responders were also synesthetes. These results suggest that: (1) over half of those identifying as synesthetes also experience ASMR, and (2) that synesthesia is up to four times as common among ASMR-responders as among non-responders (22% vs. 5%). Findings also suggest a prevalence rate for ASMR of approximately 20%. Overall, the co-occurrence of ASMR and synesthesia lends empirical support to the idea that ASMR may be driven by synesthetic mechanisms, but future research would benefit from examining how ASMR and synesthesia are different, as well as similar.

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“…Cross-modal correspondences occur between tastes and the somatosensory attributions of food and beverage products (Spence and Ngo, 2012). Beyond cross-modal integration occurs with somatosensory with sweet tastes (Spence, 2022). Results show that flavor perception must affect somatosensory stimuli as components of flavor perception and taste modulators (Green and Nachtigal, 2012).…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Cross-modal correspondences between taste and the somatosensory attributions of food and beverage products (Spence and Ngo, 2012). Beyond cross-modal integration with somatosensory in particular, sweet flavors (Spence, 2022) that connect to drinking have unclear interactions (Green and Nachtigal, 2012).…”

Section: Taste-somatosensory Interactionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neurosensory development of the four brainstem-projecting sensory systems and their integration in the telencephalon

Fritzsch

Elliott

Yamoah

2022

Front. Neural Circuits

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Somatosensory, taste, vestibular, and auditory information is first processed in the brainstem. From the brainstem, the respective information is relayed to specific regions within the cortex, where these inputs are further processed and integrated with other sensory systems to provide a comprehensive sensory experience. We provide the organization, genetics, and various neuronal connections of four sensory systems: trigeminal, taste, vestibular, and auditory systems. The development of trigeminal fibers is comparable to many sensory systems, for they project mostly contralaterally from the brainstem or spinal cord to the telencephalon. Taste bud information is primarily projected ipsilaterally through the thalamus to reach the insula. The vestibular fibers develop bilateral connections that eventually reach multiple areas of the cortex to provide a complex map. The auditory fibers project in a tonotopic contour to the auditory cortex. The spatial and tonotopic organization of trigeminal and auditory neuron projections are distinct from the taste and vestibular systems. The individual sensory projections within the cortex provide multi-sensory integration in the telencephalon that depends on context-dependent tertiary connections to integrate other cortical sensory systems across the four modalities.

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Multisensory contributions to affective touch

Cited by 20 publications

References 73 publications

Similar But Different: High Prevalence Of Synesthesia In Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)

Similar But Different: High Prevalence Of Synesthesia In Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)

Similar but different: High prevalence of synesthesia in autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR)

Neurosensory development of the four brainstem-projecting sensory systems and their integration in the telencephalon

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