The University of Essex psychology department (UK) is now offering postgraduate research degrees in ASMR, for the lowly price of £5k/year (or almost £18k for international students):
>Title: SCH36: ASMR and Mindfulness Meditation for student wellness and resilience
>Application deadline: Tuesday 31 March 2020
>Start date: October 2020
>Duration: 3 years (full time)
>Poor mental health amongst students has made finding ways to support wellbeing an important issue for Universities.
>This proposal investigates the potential of novel wellness techniques, Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) and Mindfulness Meditation (MM) for improving student health, resilience and academic performance.
>Despite its potential and growing popularity, there is hardly any rigorous scientific research on ASMR’s ostensibly beneficial claims (or potential harms).
>We will test ASMR and MM effects on student physical and mental health (including stress and sleep), resilience and academic performance, using qualitative and quantitative measures: diary entries, questionnaires, academic performance, stress response (e.g., solving problems under time constraints) and associated psychophysiology (e.g., heart rate, brain imaging (EEG)) at different times throughout their studies.
>To apply for this position the student will need to have either a BSc in Psychology or Cognitive Neuroscience, an MSc in Psychology, Research Methods or Cognitive Neuroscience, or equivalent degree in a disciple related to Health Science or Physiology.
https://www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate-research-degrees/opportunities/asmr-and-mindfulness-meditation-for-student-wellness
