Sentence examples for pleasurable items from inspiring English sources

In these experiments, we repeatedly exposed people to pleasurable items (jokes), painful experiences (loud noises), and even shocking photographs (scandalous photos of Lady Gaga and daring X-Games stunts).

In none of the three experiments did any participant reach the total maximum of 50 that would mean selecting systematically the most pleasurable items.

Sex is supposed to be pleasurable, not an item on a to-do list.

Back then eBay was weirder than most flea markets; strolling through its virtual stands was far more pleasurable than buying any of the items.

What makes a particular meal pleasurable?

It was suggested that this crossloading may be due to the fact that the item taps the loss of a pleasurable state (that is, 'being at ease'), consistent with the other depression items tapping anhedonia (loss of pleasure).

When a woman is aroused, her vagina becomes wet (which lubricates, making entry easier and reducing painful friction), widened and elongated (which makes it able to accommodate a penis or other inserted item), and swollen (making sex pleasurable and encouraging orgasm).

Thus, the participants chose predominantly the items that they had rated as pleasurable, but recognition played little or no role in their decisions, as the items selected five times out of ten were not the same as those they had decided on Questionnaire 2. Thus, if recognition influenced the participants' decisions as predicted from Goldstein and Gigerenzer [ 31], that influence was minor.

One's level of pleasurable engagement with the environment was assessed with 11-item PEM.

Higher scores on the 10 items in the Positive Affect scale will indicate pleasurable engagement and satisfaction with the environment, and higher scores on the Negative Affect scale will indicate anxiety, disengagement, distress, and dysfunction.

The $20 kit contains a number of items to make your 3DS-ing all the more pleasurable come March 27 when the system is released.