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'It's like goosebumps on your brain': Maryland Maria draws YouTube audience of millions for her whispered voice which induces mysterious physical sensation

• Millions listen to her hushed whispers
• The videos can instill tranquility and even overcome insomnia
• Scientists say the videos induce a physical sensation known as autonomous sensory meridian response which feels good
• Maria made her first ASMR video in February 2011

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.



Despite the complex-sounding official term ASMR, reactions to her videos are are split with some falling into mesmerized state as they hang on each and every word of her soft-spoken subtle tones.
Others have reported becoming fast-irritated at her 'torturous gentle whispers.'



The videos play upon the brains' senses using clever, but simple audio and visual techniques.
Maria, who was born in Russia will often speak to her viewers in her native tongue.
She addresses viewers and listeners wearing headphones to specific ears by using stereo microphones which make her appear as though she is switching sides.



Props are then brought out which continue to create sounds that some say they find wildly addictive.

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