Sentences with phrase «produce feelings of pleasure»

Hence we may therefore speak of an «aesthetic conversion'that takes place when we recognise beauty not merely as that which produces feelings of pleasure, but as «form», understood as «perceivable order, intelligibility and value».

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The reading pleasure that results from this conversation — different for different readers — is not merely the simple pleasure of hearing a good story, but the complex pleasures of strong feelings — sometimes violent disagreement, sometimes frustration and sometimes a euphoric recognition, produced by Augustine's text, of the «beauty so ancient and so new,» to which Augustine points through the beauty of his prose.

Called «the love hormone» because it is also produced during sexual intercourse and birth, oxytocin brings on a sudden feeling of contentment and pleasure as you breastfeed your baby.

The team then measured levels of β - endorphin, an opioid produced by the brain that's responsible for feelings of pleasure, and analyzed the rodents» tail positions and sensitivity to pain and temperature.

Backing up Kraftsow's notion are several psychological studies citing an expression - emotion feedback loop that produces feelings of calm and pleasure when triggered by a smile.

But food is wired very strongly in most brains to produce a powerful feeling of pleasure so that we survive by continuing to feed ourselves.

Also produced and directed by Franco, The Disaster Artist feels like a perfect fit for this hyper - prolific jack - of - all - trades; he must understand more than most the drive to create and the pleasure / pain of the creation's ultimate completion and exhibition.

In this exhibition therefore we come upon a version of Sainte Sébastienne once again (drypoint in black and white on paper, 1992), as well as the Tryptych for the Red Rooms (1994) which offers an interpretation of the arch of hysteria, a figure that represents a physical and psychological state where pain and pleasure blend to produce feelings of arousal expressed through an erotic impulse.