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  • Satisfying videos, which appeared on YouTube about three years ago, are now considered a genre in their own right.

  • What happens in our brains when we see bands of kinetic sand or children's toys being run over?

To relax after a long day at work, there are those who take a bubble bath, others who create a subdued atmosphere with scented candles, and then there are the last, who prefer to go to YouTube .

Not to start a relaxing playlist, but to find the most satisfying video possible.

So no, it's not a new fad.

Yes, we've been hearing about good videos for three years now on the Internet.

But they never cease to amaze us.

Between gaming videos, sketches and clips that jostle in trends, it is not uncommon to see cakes being cut, hair cut or sculpted stones.

This is called “oddly satisfying” content.

This phenomenon is a genre in itself, and it is so vast that neuropsychologists are interested in the question.

"And that's bim, bam, boom"

If we invited you to watch a video entitled "How to make a delivery truck with magnetic balls", you might think we are enlightened.

But that would mean we would be over 130 million in that case, since this is one of the most popular music videos in the genre.

It must be said that this truck is pretty, with all its colors and its constructor who delicately places the balls in a soothing noise.

But seven billion people on Earth cannot be relaxed by the same things.

So there is something for everyone.

If you prefer slime (the first wave of this trend) and pop colors, you may find it less enjoyable to watch objects get slaughtered by the weight of a car.

Piggy banks, toys, tubes of toothpaste, balloons, they sound like “scritch” and “spouik” when you crush them, and they still attract millions of people.

A slightly cracked trend

Did you think we had covered some satisfying videos?

Not so fast!

Do you remember that unsightly time when our faces were invaded by acne pimples, and we would have done anything to do without?

Well it is now a source of pleasure for some.

What world are we going to leave for our children?

A planet where pus helps people relax?

An American dermatologist has made it her specialty on her YouTube channel, Dr. Sandra Lee, followed by nearly seven million Internet users.

Chiropractic videos are also hidden in the twists and turns of the Internet, again classified as "satisfactory".

But why does it make us feel good to watch this type of content?

“For the videos of chiropractors where we see someone who is being manipulated and who is better afterwards, this can be explained by the activation of the mirror neuron system, explains Charlotte Jacquemot, CNRS researcher in cognitive science.

It's a neural network that activates just as well when you see someone doing an action as when you do the action yourself.

And as the stranger on the screen seems to appreciate, we have the impression of being in his place and having the same satisfaction.

The satisfaction felt "can surely be explained by visual stimulation which is pleasant and leads to the activation of brain regions involved in well-being," she further notes.

For now, the answers remain theoretical before we get the results of scientific studies.

So far, several research studies have been carried out on sound ASMR, showing that these videos have an impact on the heart rate.

This would explain why the latest fashion is to present “satisfying videos” as being valuable aids to falling asleep.

From our side, we prefer XXL cleaning videos to the Kärcher.

It's as if we were doing it ourselves, less muscle aches.

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