1.0
2011-01-21
http://portal.g-node.org/odml/terminologies/v1.0/terminologies.xml
stimulus
Stimulus
General description of an applied stimulus. This section is basis of various related sections that
specify more specific stimuli.
Description
text
A textual description of the stimulus.
Comment
text
A comment on this specific stimulus.
Author
person
Who is the author of this stimulus.
Duration
float
s
The duration of the stimulus.
StartTime
time
The time the stimulus started.
EndTime
time
The time the stimulus ended.
Intensity
string
like the current in case of electrical stimulation.
Location
string
Describes the site of the stimulus application.
Modality
string
Visual, acoustic, haptic, electrical, etc. stimulation.
Repetitions
int
The number of repetitions of the described stimulation.
InterstimulusInterval
float
s
The time between two subsequent stimulations.
StimulusFile
binary
The stimulus file used. Using it will blow up the the size of the metadatafile and we recommend to
rather define the URL of underlying stimulus file.
StimulusFileURL
URL
The URL of a an applied stimulus file. This is the recommended alternative to explicitely including
the actual stimulus via StimulusFile.
Position
2-tuple
The position of the stimulus on e.g the screen. Specified as a 2-tuple (x;y). By default this position
refers to the top-left corner of the object or its bounding box.
PositionReference
top-left
string
center
string
bottom-right
string
By default stimulus positions are specified by the coordinates of the top-left corner (or of the
bounding box). Use this property for other definitions.
SpatialExtent
2-tuple
The spatial extend of the presented stimulus (width;height) e.g. (1024;768).