The Power of Sadness in Inside Out

2015-07-31

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You asked for an Inside Out episode, so here it is! Here's some science behind the message in the film. I tried to leave out any spoilers!

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REFERENCES

Disney’s Reason and Emotion (1943) https://youtu.be/n25JROI80nA

Inside Out trailer: https://youtu.be/seMwpP0yeu4

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Braniecka, A., Trzebińska, E., Dowgiert, A., & Wytykowska, A. (2014). Mixed Emotions and Coping: The Benefits of Secondary Emotions. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0103940