Bachelor Student Prize Winner

Eighteen students completed their bachelor's degree in 2020 with a thesis that was labelled ‘excellent’ by their faculty. Here you will find a short introduction to these excellent theses in the form of an "elevator pitch" from each student, plus a video in which the supervisor briefly addresses the lucky winner.

Ana Reinartz Groba

 Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience | Bachelor Psychology

"It Comes in Waves: Measuring Neural Correlates of ASMR with EEG'

Ana's elevator pitch 
Have you ever felt a deeply relaxing, fuzzy tingling sensation in your scalp as you listened to the calm voice of a narrator telling their story? If this sounds familiar, then you are not alone! In fact, the feeling has a name: Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR). Praised for its calming, sleep-inducing and soothing effects, many experiencers have reported to use it for their struggles with insomnia and daily anxieties. However, despite its mainstream popularity and claims of helpfulness, we know only little about the phenomenon. Well, someone has to start somewhere. So as one of the first, we explored the changes of brain activity during ASMR.