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 |