A 28-year-old blonde woman from Maryland is creating a stir on YouTube with her  videos that can create strange sensations for viewers. Maria, as she is known, has been making her soft and sensual videos for three years and has accumulated hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Perhaps more surprisingly, she isn't even providing viewers with any useful information - all she does is smile sweetly and whispers sweet nothings. Doctors say her videos are an example of autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) which results in a distinct, pleasurable tingling in the head, scalp, back, or peripheral regions of the body in response to visual or audio stimuli.
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Millions listen to her  hushed whispers
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The videos can instill tranquility and even overcome insomnia
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Scientists say the videos induce a physical sensation known as autonomous sensory meridian response which feels good
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Maria made her first ASMR video in February 2011
Maria is the host of one of the most popular @placeholder channels for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response