Stimulus modality

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Stimulation

Types of stimulus (psychology)

Afferent stimulation Auditory stimulation Aversive stimulation Brain self stimulation Brain stimulation Chemical brain stimulation Dichoptic stimulation Dichotic stimulation Electrical brain stimulation Olfactory stimulation Perceptual stimulation Photopic stimulation Pictorial stimuli Prismatic stimulation Scotopic stimulation Self stimulation Somesthetic stimulation Spinal cord stimulation Stimulus modality Subliminal stimulation Tactual stimulation Taste stimulation Verbal stimuli Visual stimulation Stimulators (apparatus)

Stimulus parameters

Cues Interstimulus interval Stimulus ambiguity Stimulus attenuation Stimulus change Stimulus complexity Stimulus control Stimulus deprivation Stimulus discrimination Stimulus duration Stimulus frequency Stimulus generalization Stimulus intensity Stimulus intervals Stimulus novelty Stimulus offset Stimulus onset Stimulus presentation methods Stimulus salience Stimulus similarity Stimulus variability

Related topics

Association value Biofeedback Conditioned stimulus Conditioning Feedback Stimulus novelty Transposition Unconditioned stimulus

Stimulus modality also sensory modality is one aspect of a stimulus. There are many modalities:sight, temperature, taste, sound, pressure. The type of sensory receptor activated by a stimulus plays the primary role in coding the stimulus modality.

Classes

• Cutaneous sensation

See also

• Sensory system
• Senses
• Synesthesia
• Modality (semiotics)