About Hirohito M. Kondo
He is Dean and Professor at the School of Psychology, Chukyo University, Japan. His research explores how the human brain organizes sensory inputs into meaningful perceptual objects and how these processes interact with attention and emotion. His recent work examines temporal dynamics in perceptual organization, with a particular focus on auditory scene analysis. Professor Kondo has served on the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports since 2019.
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      When Sound Feels Like a Gentle Touch
          Participants viewed a close-miked eating-ASMR clip in the lab, and real-time tingling ratings rose in near synchrony with bite acoustics. Despite no physical contact, several reported a tactile tingling—the paradox at ASMR’s core: sound and image that feel like touch.