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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.

In CopPO, a cognitive paradigm is represented by the concept of Behavioral Experimental Paradigm.

Each Behavioral Experimental Paradigm is characterized by one or more Behavioral Experimental Paradigm Conditions. We aim to decompose each condition into its corresponding stimulus, response, and instructions:

• Stimulus
  • Stimulus Role
  • Implicit Stimulus
  • Explicit Stimulus
    • Stimulus Modality
• Response
  • Response Role
  • Covert Response
  • Overt Response
    • Response Modality
• Instructions

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

Stimulus Modality

Auditory	Interoceptive	Tactile
Gustatory	Olfactory	Visual

Explicit Stimulus

3D Objects	Fixation Point	Painful Stimulation
Abstract Patterns	Flashing Checkerboard	Points of Light
Acupuncture	Food	Pseudowords
Asian Characters	Fractals	Random Dots
Braille Dots	Heat	Reversed Speech
Breathable Gas	Infrared Laser	Shapes
Chord Sequences	Infusion	Syllables
Clicks	Letters	Symbols
Digits	Music	TMS
Electrical Stimulation	Noise	Tactile Stimulation
Eye Puffs	Nonverbal Vocal Sounds	Tones
Faces	Nonvocal Sounds	Vibratory Stimulation
False Fonts	Odor	Words
Film Clip	Pictures

Stimulus Role

Feedback	Non-Target	Reward
Target

Response Modality

Arm	Hand	Pelvis
Eye	Leg	Shoulder
Face	Mouth	Torso
Foot

Overt Response

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

Instructions

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

Paradigm Classes

Currently, CogPO has defined 82 subclasses of paradigms:

Action Observation Paradigm Acupuncture Paradigm Anti-Saccades Paradigm Braille Reading Paradigm Breath-Holding Paradigm Chewing or Swallowing Paradigm Classical Conditioning Paradigm Cued Explicit Recognition Paradigm Deception Task Paradigm Deductive Reasoning Paradigm Delay Discounting Task Paradigm Delayed Non Match To Sample Paradigm

Basic Formal Ontology

CogPO uses a number of terms from BFO:

object aggregate	process aggregate	role
fiat object part	quality

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