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. 2022 May 24;11:e75027. doi: 10.7554/eLife.75027

Table 1. Activities from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) included in each of the two stimulus sets, with the amount of daily hours spent performing each activity and the corresponding verb labels from the Moments in Time dataset.

Note that control videos were only included in the first dataset. Fighting and hiking were added for variation in valence and action setting.

Activity Hours Verb labels (Moments in Time)
Childcare/taking care of children 0.37 Crying, cuddling, feeding, giggling, socializing
Driving 1.17 Driving, socializing
Eating 1.06 Chewing, eating
Fighting Fighting
Gardening 0.17 Gardening, mowing, planting, shoveling, weeding
Grooming 0.68 Bathing, brushing, combing, trimming, washing
Hiking Hiking
Housework 0.53 Cleaning, dusting, repairing, scrubbing, vacuuming
Instructing and attending class 0.22 Instructing, teaching
Playing games 0.26 Gambling, playing+fun, playing+videogames, socializing
Preparing food 0.60 Barbecuing, boiling, chopping, cooking, frying, grilling, rinsing, stirring
Reading 0.46 Reading
Religious activities 0.14 Praying, preaching
Sleeping 8.84 Resting, sleeping
Socializing and social events 0.64 Celebrating, dancing, marrying, singing, socializing, talking
Sports 0.34 Exercising, playing+sports, swimming, throwing
Telephoning 0.16 Calling, telephoning
Working 3.26 Working
Control videos Blowing, floating, raining, shaking