all with the goal of giving you....BRAIN TINGLES.

這全都是為了給你...「腦內快感」。

Hey everyone, Laci Green here for DNews. I have a weird confession for you.

大家好，我是 DNews 的 Laci Green 我有件詭異的事要你坦白。

Since I was a little kid, I've had this strong sensation from certain peoples' voices.

當我還小的時候，對某些人們的聲音感到著迷。

Most often the person is soft spoken, maybe a little breathy, and the way they pronounce certain sounds

通常是嗓音柔和、微帶氣音的那種，他們在某些特別字母的發音上，

like "k", "d", and "t" is sort of.......crisp sounding? Bob Ross would be the most well known one.

像是"k"、"d" 或是 "t" ...叫做輕音嗎? Bob Ross可能是最著名的例子。

I also have the reaction from sounds -- like when someone is rummaging through makeup

我對某些聲音也有所反應 -- 像是當有人在一袋化妝品中翻找，

or crinkling plastic baggies. These are some of MY triggers, but there are lots out there:

或是搓揉塑膠袋等等。這些有的是"我"的開關，但也有其他各種不同的開關

the sound of someone writing, polishing shoes, or brushing hair.

像是某人書寫的聲音，幫鞋上油，或是梳頭髮的聲音。

The sensation is really hard to describe -- like a tingling in my head and scalp,

這種感覺真的是非常難以形容 -- 像是在我的頭皮中產生的刺癢感，

but it's not a PHYSICAL tingling. Some people call it a "braingasm". The sounds can almost instantly

但不是真的在搔癢。有些人稱之為"腦內高潮"。這些聲音幾乎能讓我瞬間

make me relax and my mind zone out. It's hypnotic and it's very euphoric。

放鬆且神魂出竅。實在是非常催眠且療癒十足。

The pleasant tingling sensation has recently been widely referred to as "ASMR",

這種刺癢感最近被廣泛地稱之為"ASMR"，

or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. The subreddit for ASMR now boasts over 60,000 regular members

或是"自發性感知中心反應"。在 Reddit 上 ASMR 的子版中目前有超過6萬個活躍用戶

who all experience the same response. Other internet groups before Reddit referred to it

他們皆有相同的反應。其他網路族群在 Reddit 前將之稱為

as "The Unnamed Sensation". It's all very mysterious. What's going on with this strange sensation?

"無名的感觸"。這是在是太神奇了。到底這是怎樣神奇的感觸?

Sadly, only ONE scientist has formally studied ASMR - at least as identified by that name.

很遺憾地， 目前只有一位科學家正式研究ASMR - 或至少是有名字可查證的。

Someone else may have studied it but the name of the phenomenon is unknown and therefore unsearchable.

可能有其他人在此領域中也有所研究，但其名諱尚無人知曉 故也無從追蹤。

The scientist at Dartmouth who did study it looked at fMRI scans of people experiencing an ASMR episode

於Dartmouth中研究此現象的科學家從fMRI掃描中觀察人們體驗ASMR的過程

- which could be very telling about what's going on in the brain....

- 這真的可以告訴我們大腦到底發生什麼事....

but the publication of his results are still in process. There have been many theories posed,

但是! 他結果的發表還尚在進行中。目前有許多理論被提出。

however, One comes from ethnobotanists -- that ASMR could be the conscious experience of serotonin release.

但是，其中一項源自植物人類學家 -- 他認為ASMR可能為血清素的釋放對意識造成的影響。

From neurologists is the theory that ASMR is a type of muted seizure.

而神經學家的理論只吃ASMR為某種輕微的痙攣。

I didn't know this, but apparently seizures can be quite pleasurable and triggered by simple sounds like this.

這我不知道，但顯然這麼說來痙攣可以是相當愉悅的體驗，且可被簡單這種的聲音觸發。

Another theory posed by Dr. Steven Novella, a neurologist at Yale,

Dr. Steven Novella，耶魯大學的神經學家，提出另一個理論。

is that these sounds are activating a pleasure response, which is an evolutionary response

認為這些聲音會激發愉悅的反應 為一種演化上的反應，在我們做這些行為時

that occurs when we do things that increase our probability of survival. Dr. Novella also theorized

能增加存活的機率 Dr. Novella也提出

that it's possible that those with ASMR have a particular neural hard wiring

那些具有ASMR反映的人很有可能具有特殊神經的網絡，

that amplifies the pleasure they get from things that are normally quietly satisfying.

可增強那些平常人對其無特別反應的事物的喜悅感。

There's a lot we don't know, but what we do know is that this response is uncommon

還有太多是我們不知道的，但我們知道的是，這種反應雖然不常見，

but still widely experienced. We also know that the response is not the same as tingles you might get while listening to music,

但許多人依然有此經驗 我們也知道 這種反應與你聽音樂時感受到的刺癢感是不一樣的

which can cause physical effects like goosebumps.

後者能產生像雞皮疙瘩那樣的生理反應。

Similarly, it's not the same effect as binaural sounds either.

同樣的，這與"雙耳聲軌"也是不一樣的。

So, do any of you experience ASMR? If you don't, how much of a weirdo do I sound like right now?

所以，你們有人有ASMR的經驗嗎? 如果沒有的話，現在聽我這樣講有多怪異?

Let me know down below and check out our new Testtube app so you can get updates on the go.

在下面留言讓我知道，並看看我們新的Testtube app，這樣你就可以下載我們最新的消息。

Thanks for joining me, I'll cya next time.

感謝你的參與，下次見囉。