Table 1.

Basic concepts within CogPO

Concepts	Parent class	Definition	Restrictions
Behavioral Experimental Paradigm	OBI:’Planned process’, BFO: processual_entity	Within an Experimental Paradigm, the behavioral paradigm describes the behavioral aspects of the experiment: what stimuli are presented to the subject when, and under what conditions, and what the subject’s responses are supposed to be.	Must have_part at least one Behavioral Experimental Paradigm Condition
Behavioral Experimental Paradigm Condition	OBI:’Planned process’, BFO: processual_entity	A planned combination of stimuli and instructions regarding responses to the experimental subjects (who are only involved once the process is implemented).	(has_instructions some Instructions) and (has_stimulus some Stimulus) and (has_response_type some Response)
Stimulus Role	BFO:role	The role of a stimulus in a behavioral experiment is attributed to the object(s) which are presented to the subject in a controlled manner in the context of the experiment.
Response Role	BFO:role	The role of response is attributed to the overt or covert behavior which is elicited from the subject in an experimental condition.
Stimulus	BFO:ObjectAggregate	The object or set of objects, internal or external to the subject, which is intended to generate either an overt or covert response in the subject as part of an experimental condition.
Response	BFO:’process aggregate’	The overt or covert behavior which is elicited from the subject in an experimental condition.
Instructions	IAO:’action specification’, BFO: generically_ independent_continuant	Instructions are the information-bearing entity that sets up the rules for desired behavior from the subjects. An explicit direction that guides the behavior of the subject during the experimental conditions. Instruc- tions serve the function that they lay out what the response behaviors should be for any set of stimuli in the experiment.
Stimulus Modality	BFO:quality	The quality of the sensory perception of an explicit stimulus.	Inheres_in only Explicit Stimulus
Response Modality	BFO:FiatObjectPart	Class of body parts used to perform the actions which can play the role of an overt response
Relationships	Parent Class	Domain	Range
Has_stimulus	Has_participant	Behavioral Experimental Paradigm Condition	Stimulus
Has_response_type	Has_part	Behavioral Experimental Paradigm Condition	Response
Has_instructions	Has_participant	Behavioral Experimental Paradigm Condition	Instructions
Has_stimulus_modality	Bearer_of	Explicit Stimulus	Stimulus Modality
Has_response_modality	Has_participant	Overt Response	Response Modality