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===Definition===
 
===Definition===
The [[Sensory Modality]] of the perception of the (occurent or continuant playing the role of) [[Stimulus]].
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The [[quality]] of the sensory perception of an explicit stimulus.
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===Definition Source===
 
===Definition Source===
JT
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JT and AL
  
 
===Synonyms===
 
===Synonyms===
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===Parent Entity===
 
===Parent Entity===
BFO: quality
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BFO: [http://jowl.ontologyonline.org/bfo.html?owlClass=http%3A//www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap%23Quality Quality]
  
 
===Example===   
 
===Example===   
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A tone that is heard by a subject in an experiment is characterized as having an auditory modality. If the subject tastes something, that explicit stimulus is characterized as having the gustatory modality.
  
In an auditory oddball paradigm, auditory tones used as stimuli should be perceived in the auditory modality (i.e, they are perceived as sounds).
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===Logical Restrictions===   
 
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Any explicit stimulus will be characterized as having at least one stimulus modality.
===Relations to other CogPo Terms===   
 
 
 
 
 
===UsageNote=== 
 
In BrainMap (2009) this term very clearly means "the sensory mechanism through which the subject was stimulated.  That is, what was used to stimulate one of their five senses while they were in the scanner?" It has nothing to do with the quality of the perceived stimulus to the subject, and maps to the CogPO relationship activates_sensory_system.
 
  
 
===Comments===   
 
===Comments===   
A single stimulus may have multiple stimulus modalities.
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In BrainMap (2009) this term refers to "the sensory mechanism through which the subject was stimulated". That is, what was used to stimulate one of their five senses while they were in the scanner?
  
Stimulus modality was first considered to be identical to the sensory system activated by the stimulus--obviously, light activates the visual system and the sensory system codes it as having the visual modality, auditory tones activate the auditory system and have the auditory modality, etc. It seemed one to one, so why have the redundancy?
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A single explicit stimulus may have multiple stimulus modalities.
  
However, in cognitive psychology, "stimulus modality" or sensory modality refers to a quality or dimension of the internal perception of the stimulus. I.e. perceived sound by a regular person has the auditory modality; perceived sound in a sound-color synaesthete might have both the auditory and visual modalities.  In order to avoid hijacking that term, and to avoid modeling interior qualia whenever possible, we note the distinction in CogPO and annotate experimental stimuli as "activating_sensory_system(X)" [[activates_sensory_system]].
 
 
 
===Created Date===   
 
===Created Date===   
 
2009/11/17   
 
2009/11/17   
  
 
===Curator===   
 
===Curator===   
JT
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JT and AL
  
 
===Curation Status===   
 
===Curation Status===   
pending final vetting
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curation complete Dec 2010
  
 
===URI===
 
===URI===
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http://www.cogpo.org/ontologies/CogPOver1.owl#COGPO_00124
  
 
===Related Concepts===
 
===Related Concepts===
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*[[Stimulus]]
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*[[Stimulus Role]]
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*[[Implicit Stimulus]]
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*[[Explicit Stimulus]]
  
The subclasses of sensory modalities:
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===Sub-Classes===
 
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{{#ask: [[Category:Condition Edit]] [[Parent Entity::Stimulus Modality]]
[[Auditory Modality]]
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|format=table
 
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}}
[[Olfactory Modality]]
 
 
 
[[Visual_modality]]
 
 
 
[[Gustatory Modality]]
 
 
 
[[Tactile Modality]]
 
 
 
[[Interoceptive Modality]]
 

Latest revision as of 08:44, 7 June 2012

Definition

The quality of the sensory perception of an explicit stimulus.

Definition Source

JT and AL

Synonyms

Parent Entity

BFO: Quality

Example

A tone that is heard by a subject in an experiment is characterized as having an auditory modality. If the subject tastes something, that explicit stimulus is characterized as having the gustatory modality.

Logical Restrictions

Any explicit stimulus will be characterized as having at least one stimulus modality.

Comments

In BrainMap (2009) this term refers to "the sensory mechanism through which the subject was stimulated". That is, what was used to stimulate one of their five senses while they were in the scanner?

A single explicit stimulus may have multiple stimulus modalities.

Created Date

2009/11/17

Curator

JT and AL

Curation Status

curation complete Dec 2010

URI

http://www.cogpo.org/ontologies/CogPOver1.owl#COGPO_00124

Related Concepts

Sub-Classes

{{#ask: Parent Entity::Stimulus Modality |format=table }}