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Table 4 Description of video stimuli

From: Alexithymia, but not autism spectrum disorder, may be related to the production of emotional facial expressions

Name of video

Scene description

Primary emotion

Secondary emotion(s)

Clip duration

Tangled

Rapunzel discovers she is the lost princess, kidnapped at birth by Mother Gothel (who Rapunzel believed to be her real mother) to exploit Rapunzel’s powers in order to stay young. During the scene, Rapunzel confronts Mother Gothel and a heated argument ensues.

Anger

Fear, contempt

114

Inside Out

The character, Riley, and her personalized emotion character, Disgust, make multiple expressions of disgust as Riley swats a fly with a paper and peers underneath.

Disgust

NA

25

Monsters Inc.

The character, James P. Sullivan, has to say goodbye forever to his young friend Boo.

Sadness

NA

38

All Dogs Go To Heaven

The character, Charles B. Barkin, encounters all sorts of evils in the depths of hell during a nightmare.

Fear

NA

87

Shrek

Introductory scene showing the character, Shrek’s, unhygienic living conditions.

Disgust

Joy

82

A Conversation with Koko

The narrator describes a sad event where Koko’s beloved pet cat, Allball, was tragically killed by a car.

Sadness

NA

120

“Tennis Cats” (Youtube)

Four kittens move their heads in unison as their gaze follows the movement of an unknown object from behind the camera

Joy

NA

23

“Best of BBC Talking Animals” (Youtube)

Parodies of a nature show that dubs human voices over the clips as if the animals are talking to each other

Joy

NA

98

“Hysterical Bubbles!—laughing baby (Youtube)

A baby laughs hysterically as a dog gleefully pops bubbles with her mouth blown by the baby’s mother.

Joy

NA

27

Emotional Baby! Too Cute! (Youtube)

A baby smiles and cries in response to her mother singing a sad song.

Joy

Sadness

53

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