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Here is where we will come to a consensus on the initial terms that will be included in our ontology of cognitive paradigms. Our starting point are the terms associated with the BrainMap Taxonomy.

We aim to decompose each Behavioral Experimental Paradigm Condition into its corresponding stimulus, response, and instructions:

• Stimulus
  • Stimulus Role
    • Implicit Stimulus
    • Explicit Stimulus
      • Stimulus Modality
• Response (role)
  • Covert Response (class?)
  • Overt Response (class?)
    • Response Modality (class)
    • Response Type (class)
• Instructions (information-bearing entity?)

Each of these terms is categorized by a set of classes, which will increase in size as CogPO evolves.

Stimulus Modality

Auditory	Olfactory	Visual
Gustatory	Tactile	Interoceptive

Stimulus Type

3D Objects	Fixation Point	Painful Stimulation
Abstract Patterns	Flashing Checkerboard	Pictures
Acupuncture	Food	Points of Light
Asian Characters	Fractals	Pseudowords
Braille Dots	Heat	Random Dots
Breathable Gas	Infrared Laser	Reversed Speech
Chord Sequences	Infusion	Shapes
Clicks	Letters	Syllables
Digits	Music	Symbols
Electrical Stimulation	Noise	TMS
Eye Puffs	No Stimulation	Tactile Stimulation
Faces	Nonverbal Vocal Sounds	Tones
False Fonts	Nonvocal Sounds	Vibratory Stimulation
Film Clip	Odor	Words

Stimulus Role

Feedback	Non-Target	Reward
Target

Overt Response Modality

Arm	Hand	Pelvis
Eye	Leg	Shoulder
Face	Mouth	Torso
Foot

Overt Response Type

Blink	Flexion-Extension	Saccades
Breath-Hold	Grasp	Speech
Button Press	Manipulate	Swallow
Draw	Micturate	Whistle
Drink	Point	Write
Finger Tapping	Smile

Instructions

Attend	Generate	Repeat
Count	Imagine	Rest
Detect	Move	Sing
Discriminate	Name	Track
Encode	Read
Fixate	Recall

Basic Formal Ontology

CogPO uses a number of terms from BFO:

continuant	occurrent	processual entity
quality	role

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