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property_value: terms:description "The Emotion Response Ontology represents emotions as behavioral responses to a situation or event, or internal process which evokes positive feelings, negative feelings, or surprise (i.e., emotional experiences)." xsd:string
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000000
name: emotion process
def: "A behavioral response that includes overt action, cognitive response, verbal response, or physiological reaction in response to a situation or event, or internal process which evokes positive feelings, negative feelings, or surprise (i.e., emotional experiences)." []
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000001
name: phenomenal cognitive experience
def: "A cognitive process during which an organism is aware of something either internal or external to itself." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/consciousness"}
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000002
name: emotional experience
def: "A phenomenal cognitive experience evaluated as pleasant or unpleasant." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/feeling"}
is_a: EMRO:0000001 ! phenomenal cognitive experience
relationship: part_of EMRO:0000000 ! emotion process
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000003
name: anxiety process
def: "An emotion process that is a response that occurs more distally in time or physical space with regard to threatening stimuli. Anxiety typically involves worrying about experiencing threats that could or will be experienced in the future." []
is_a: EMRO:0000000 ! emotion process
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property_value: terms:created "2025-11-24T20:56:47Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000004
name: fear process
def: "An emotion process that is an in-the-moment response to a perceived threat. Fear is typically associated with organized, robust visceral arousal." []
is_a: EMRO:0000000 ! emotion process
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000005
name: sensory experience
def: "A phenomenal cognitive experience produced by the parts of the nervous sysem involved in awareness of the external world (i.e., external stimulus) or changes to internal organs. A sensory experience does not necessarily entail the existence phenomenon experiences (e.g., hallucinations)." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/sensation"}
is_a: EMRO:0000001 ! phenomenal cognitive experience
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000006
name: motoric response to emotion
def: "A motor behavior that happens as a response to an emotion process. The motoric response includes muscle contractions that may move parts of the body or prevent the body from moving (e.g., freezing)." []
is_a: EMRO:0000007 ! psychophysiological response to emotion
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property_value: terms:created "2025-11-24T21:02:42Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000007
name: psychophysiological response to emotion
def: "A psychophysiological process that is part of an emotion process." []
relationship: part_of EMRO:0000000 ! emotion process
relationship: RO:0002410 EMRO:0000000 ! causally related to emotion process
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property_value: terms:created "2025-11-24T21:10:13Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000008
name: sweat secretion response to emotion
def: "Sweat screation that happens as a response to an emotion process." []
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property_value: terms:created "2025-11-24T22:22:47Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000009
name: positive emotional valence
def: "An emotional valence which is inherently pleasant or attractive." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/emotional-valence"}
comment: Emotional valences exist on a continuum from pleasant to unpleasant, or from attractive to aversive.
is_a: EMRO:0000035 ! emotional valence
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-17T19:27:16Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000010
name: muscle tension response to emotion
def: "Muscle contraction that happens as a response to an emotion process." []
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property_value: terms:created "2025-11-24T22:36:17Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000011
name: increased heart response to emotion
def: "A heart process during which the rate at which the heart beats increases as a response to an emotion process." []
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property_value: terms:created "2025-11-24T22:39:24Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000012
name: increased breathing rate response to emotion
def: "A respiratory system process during which the rate  at which an organism moves air in and out of its lungs increases as a response to an emotion process." []
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property_value: terms:created "2025-11-24T22:44:09Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000013
name: cognitive response to emotion
def: "A cognitive process that happens as a response to an emotion process." []
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property_value: terms:created "2025-12-17T17:11:45Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000014
name: cognitive appraisal process
def: "A cognitive process during which the nature and significance of a phenomenon or event is evaluated." []
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property_value: terms:created "2025-12-17T17:18:23Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000015
name: syncope response to emotion
def: "A transient loss of consciousness and postural tone that happens as a result of an emotion process." [] {IAO:0000119="Adapted from MeSH definition for syncope. See https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D013575 or http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/271594007."}
synonym: "fainting" BROAD []
synonym: "fainting response to emotion" EXACT []
synonym: "syncope" BROAD []
synonym: "vasovagal syncope" RELATED []
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000016
name: negative emotional valence
def: "An emotional valence which is inherently unpleasant or aversive." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/emotional-valence"}
comment: Emotional valences exist on a continuum from pleasant to unpleasant, or from attractive to aversive.
is_a: EMRO:0000035 ! emotional valence
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-17T19:27:31Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000017
name: neutral emotional valence
def: "An emotional valence which is inherently neither pleasant nor unpleasant." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/emotional-valence"}
comment: Emotional valences exist on a continuum from pleasant to unpleasant, or from attractive to aversive. Neutral emotional valences are in the center of this continuum.
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-17T19:29:48Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000019
name: muscle tension response to fear
def: "Muscle contraction that happens as a response to a fear process." []
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is_a: EMRO:0000020 ! psychophysiological response to fear
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-05T21:16:30Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000020
name: psychophysiological response to fear
def: "psychophysiological response to emotion that is part of a fear process." []
is_a: EMRO:0000007 ! psychophysiological response to emotion
relationship: part_of EMRO:0000004 ! fear process
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-05T21:20:49Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000021
name: psychophysiological response to anxiety
def: "psychophysiological response to emotion that is part of an anxiety process." []
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relationship: part_of EMRO:0000003 ! anxiety process
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-05T21:21:09Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000022
name: muscle tension response to anxiety
def: "Muscle contraction that happens as a response to an anxiety process." []
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is_a: EMRO:0000021 ! psychophysiological response to anxiety
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-05T21:24:05Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000023
name: cognitive response to fear
def: "A cognitive process that happens as a response to fear process." []
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-05T21:26:16Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000024
name: cognitive response to anxiety
def: "A cognitive process that happens as a response to an anxiety process." []
is_a: EMRO:0000013 ! cognitive response to emotion
is_a: EMRO:0000021 ! psychophysiological response to anxiety
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-05T21:26:25Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000025
name: sweat secretion response to fear
def: "Sweat screation that happens as a response to a fear process." []
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-05T21:31:28Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000026
name: sweat secretion response to anxiety
def: "Sweat screation that happens as a response to an anxiety process." []
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-05T21:31:36Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000027
name: increased heart response to fear
def: "A heart process during which the rate at which the heart beats increases as a response to a fear process." []
is_a: EMRO:0000011 ! increased heart response to emotion
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000028
name: increased heart response to anxiety
def: "A heart process during which the rate at which the heart beats increases as a response to an anxiety process." []
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-05T21:33:04Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000029
name: increased breathing rate response to fear
def: "A respiratory system process during which the rate  at which an organism moves air in and out of its lungs increases as a response to a fear process." []
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is_a: EMRO:0000020 ! psychophysiological response to fear
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property_value: terms:created "2026-03-05T21:34:20Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0000030
name: increased breathing rate response to anxiety
def: "A respiratory system process during which the rate  at which an organism moves air in and out of its lungs increases as a response to an anxiety process." []
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000031
name: syncope response to fear
def: "A transient loss of consciousness and postural tone that happens as a result of a fear process." [] {IAO:0000119="Adapted from MeSH definition for syncope. See https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D013575 or http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/271594007."}
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000032
name: syncope response to anxiety
def: "A transient loss of consciousness and postural tone that happens as a result of an anxiety process." [] {IAO:0000119="Adapted from MeSH definition for syncope. See https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D013575 or http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/271594007."}
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000033
name: motoric response to fear
def: "A motor behavior that happens as a response to a fear process." []
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000034
name: motoric response to anxiety
def: "A motor behavior that happens as a response to an anxiety process." []
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[Term]
id: EMRO:0000035
name: emotional valence
def: "A process quality that characterizes the degree of positivity or negativity of an emotion process." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/emotional-valence"}
comment: According to cognitive appraisal theory, an individual's cognitive appraisal of a stimulus contributes to producing an emotion (with its corresponding emotional valence).
synonym: "hedonic tone" RELATED []
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property_value: terms:description "the value associated with a stimulus as expressed on a continuum from pleasant to unpleasant or from attractive to aversive. In factor analysis and multidimensional scaling studies, emotional valence is one of two axes (or dimensions) on which an emotion can be located, the other axis being arousal (expressed as a continuum from high to low). For example, happiness is typically characterized by pleasant valence and relatively high arousal, whereas sadness or depression is typically characterized by unpleasant valence and relatively low arousal." xsd:string

[Term]
id: EMRO:0003000
name: avoidance behavior
def: "A behavioral defense response in which an organism seeks to avoid an encounter with a potential external threat." []
property_value: IAO:0000589 "avoidance behavior (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-8331
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7246-1252
property_value: terms:created "2026-05-04T20:41:52Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0003001
name: self-conscious emotional experience
def: "An emotional experience generated when events reflect on the worth or value of the self in one’s own or others’ eyes." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/self-conscious-emotion"}
is_a: EMRO:0000002 ! emotional experience
property_value: IAO:0000589 "self-conscious emotional experience (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-05-04T20:44:41Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0003002
name: embarrassment
def: "A self-conscious emotional experience in which a person feels awkward or flustered in other people’s company or because of the attention of others, as, for example, when being observed engaging in actions that are subject to mild disapproval from others." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/embarrassment"}
is_a: EMRO:0003001 ! self-conscious emotional experience
property_value: IAO:0000589 "embarrassment (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-05-04T20:47:27Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0003003
name: shame
def: "A highly unpleasant self-conscious emotional experience arising from the sense of there being something dishonorable, immodest, or indecorous in one’s own conduct or circumstances." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/shame"}
is_a: EMRO:0003001 ! self-conscious emotional experience
property_value: IAO:0000589 "shame (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-05-04T20:55:14Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0003004
name: pride
def: "A self-conscious emotional experience that occurs when a goal has been attained and one’s achievement has been recognized and approved by others." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/pride"}
is_a: EMRO:0003001 ! self-conscious emotional experience
property_value: IAO:0000589 "pride (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-05-04T20:57:07Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0003005
name: guilt
def: "A self-conscious emotional experience characterized by a painful appraisal of having done (or thought) something that is wrong and often by a readiness to take action designed to undo or mitigate this wrong." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/guilt"}
is_a: EMRO:0003001 ! self-conscious emotional experience
property_value: IAO:0000589 "guilt (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-05-04T20:58:18Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004000
name: personality trait characteristic
def: "A process quality that characterizes a behavioral response to stimulus that is relatively stable, consistent, and enduring." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/personality-trait"}
synonym: "personality trait" EXACT []
property_value: IAO:0000589 "personality triat characteristic (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "personality trait" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-05T19:34:58Z" xsd:dateTime
property_value: terms:description "Personality triats are inferred from a pattern of behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and habits in the individual." xsd:string

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004001
name: affective well-being
def: "An emotional experience characterized by the presence of pleasant affect (e.g., feelings of happiness) versus the absence of unpleasant affect (e.g., depressed mood)." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/affective-well-being"}
synonym: "affective well-being" EXACT []
is_a: EMRO:0000002 ! emotional experience
property_value: IAO:0000589 "affective well-being (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "affective well-being" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T16:15:01Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004002
name: aloneliness process
def: "An emotion process during which negative feelings arise from the perception that one is not spending enough time alone." []
synonym: "aloneliness" EXACT []
is_a: EMRO:0000000 ! emotion process
property_value: IAO:0000589 "aloneliness process (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "aloneliness" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T16:21:21Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004003
name: shyness trait characteristic
def: "A personality trait characteristic that is associated with  anxiety and inhibition in social situations." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/shyness"}
synonym: "shyness" EXACT []
is_a: EMRO:0004000 ! personality trait characteristic
property_value: IAO:0000119 "https://dictionary.apa.org/shyness" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000589 "shyness triat characteristic (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "shyness" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T16:26:11Z" xsd:dateTime
property_value: terms:description "It typically involves three components: (a) global feelings of emotional arousal and specific physiological experiences (e.g., pounding heart, sweating, blushing); (b) acute public self-consciousness, self-deprecation, and worries about being evaluated negatively by others; and (c) observable behavior such as quietness, gaze aversion, and social withdrawal." xsd:string

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004007
name: introversion trait characteristic
def: "A personality trait characteristic involving an orientation toward the internal private world of one’s self and one’s inner thoughts and feelings, rather than toward the outer world of people and things." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/introversion"}
synonym: "introversion" EXACT []
is_a: EMRO:0004000 ! personality trait characteristic
property_value: IAO:0000589 "introversion triat characteristic (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "introversion" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T16:35:23Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004008
name: obsolete anxious withdrawal trait characteristic
synonym: "anxious solitude" EXACT []
property_value: IAO:0000231 "The term anxious withdrawal (or anxious solitude) is better suited in a more specific domain ontology, such as PHASES." xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000589 "anxious withdrawal triat characteristic (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "obsolete anxious withdrawal" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T16:37:36Z" xsd:dateTime
is_obsolete: true

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004009
name: depression process
def: "An emotion process involving a negative affective state, ranging from unhappiness and discontent to an extreme feeling of sadness, pessimism, and despondency, that interferes with daily life." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/depression"}
synonym: "depression" EXACT []
is_a: EMRO:0000000 ! emotion process
property_value: IAO:0000589 "depression process (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "depression" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T16:40:11Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004010
name: societal culture characteristic
def: "A process quality characterizing the attitudes, values, and behaviors of a population or shared by a particular group within a society, such as a profession, social class, or age group." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/culture"}
synonym: "social culture" EXACT []
property_value: IAO:0000589 "societal culture characteristic (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "culture" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T17:03:30Z" xsd:dateTime
property_value: terms:description "The values, beliefs, language, rituals, traditions, and other behaviors that are passed from one generation to another within any social group. Broad definitions include any socially definable group with its own set of values, behaviors, and beliefs. Accordingly, cultural groups could include groups based on shared identities such as ethnicity." xsd:string

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004011
name: creativity
def: "A cognitive process during which an individual produces or develops original work, theories, techniques, or thoughts." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/creativity"}
synonym: "creativity" EXACT []
property_value: IAO:0000589 "creativity (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "creativity" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T17:06:26Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004012
name: stress process
def: "An emotion process that is a physiological or psychological response to internal or external stressors." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/stress"}
synonym: "stress" EXACT []
is_a: EMRO:0000000 ! emotion process
property_value: IAO:0000589 "stress process (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "stress" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T17:50:36Z" xsd:dateTime
property_value: terms:description "Stress involves changes affecting nearly every system of the body, influencing how people feel and behave." xsd:string

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004013
name: social isolation process
def: "An emotion process involving voluntary or involuntary absence of contact with others." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/social-isolation"}
synonym: "social isolation" EXACT []
is_a: EMRO:0000000 ! emotion process
property_value: IAO:0000589 "social isolation process (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "social isolation" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T18:06:37Z" xsd:dateTime
property_value: terms:description "Social isolation often produces abnormal behavioral and physiological changes in both humans and nonhuman animals." xsd:string

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004014
name: happiness
def: "An emotion process of joy, gladness, satisfaction, and well-being." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/happiness"}
synonym: "happiness" EXACT []
is_a: EMRO:0000000 ! emotion process
property_value: IAO:0000589 "happiness (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "happiness" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T20:14:47Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004015
name: behavioral inhibition trait characteristic
def: "A personality trait characteristic involving restraint in engaging with the world combined with a tendency to scrutinize the environment for potential threats and to avoid or withdraw from unfamiliar situations or people." [] {IAO:0000119="https://dictionary.apa.org/behavioral-inhibition"}
synonym: "behavioral inhibition" EXACT []
synonym: "behavioural inhibition" EXACT []
is_a: EMRO:0004000 ! personality trait characteristic
property_value: IAO:0000589 "behavioral inhibition trait characteristic (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "behavioral inhibition" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T20:20:37Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004016
name: social withdrawal process
def: "An emotion process involving the removal of oneself from familiar and unfamiliar peers." [] {IAO:0000119="Rubin, K. H., Coplan, R. J., & Bowker, J. C. (2009). Social withdrawal in childhood. Annual Review of Psychology, 60(1), 141–171."}
synonym: "social withdrawal" EXACT []
is_a: EMRO:0000000 ! emotion process
property_value: IAO:0000589 "social withdrawal process (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "social withdrawal" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T20:47:51Z" xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: EMRO:0004017
name: loneliness process
def: "An emotion process involving affective and cognitive discomfort or uneasiness that arises from being or perceiving oneself to be alone or otherwise solitary." [] {terms:source="https://dictionary.apa.org/loneliness"}
synonym: "loneliness" EXACT []
is_a: EMRO:0000000 ! emotion process
property_value: IAO:0000589 "loneliness process (EMRO)" xsd:string
property_value: skos:prefLabel "loneliness" xsd:string
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-5548
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1899
property_value: terms:contributor https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7282-0836
property_value: terms:created "2026-06-08T21:04:33Z" xsd:dateTime

[Typedef]
id: RO:0000052
name: characteristic of
def: "a relation between a specifically dependent continuant (the characteristic) and any other entity (the bearer), in which the characteristic depends on the bearer for its existence." []
comment: Note that this relation was previously called "inheres in", but was changed to be called "characteristic of" because BFO2 uses "inheres in" in a more restricted fashion. This relation differs from BFO2:inheres_in in two respects: (1) it does not impose a range constraint, and thus it allows qualities of processes, as well as of information entities, whereas BFO2 restricts inheres_in to only apply to independent continuants (2) it is declared functional, i.e. something can only be a characteristic of one thing.
property_value: IAO:0000111 "inheres in" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000112 "this fragility is a characteristic of this vase" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000112 "this red color is a characteristic of this apple" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000118 "inheres_in" xsd:string
property_value: isDefinedBy http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro.owl
property_value: RO:0001900 RO:0001901
is_functional: true

[Typedef]
id: RO:0002353
name: output of
def: "inverse of has output" []
subset: ro-eco
subset: RO:0002259
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
property_value: isDefinedBy http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro.owl

[Typedef]
id: RO:0002410
name: causally related to
def: "relation that links two events, processes, states, or objects such that one event, process, state, or object (a cause) contributes to the production of another event, process, state, or object (an effect) where the cause is partly or wholly responsible for the effect, and the effect is partly or wholly dependent on the cause." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality]
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
property_value: isDefinedBy http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro.owl

[Typedef]
id: has_part
name: has part
namespace: external
def: "a core relation that holds between a whole and its part" []
subset: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/valid_for_go_annotation_extension
subset: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/valid_for_go_ontology
subset: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/valid_for_gocam
xref: BFO:0000051
property_value: IAO:0000111 "has part" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000112 "my body has part my brain (continuant parthood, two material entities)" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000112 "my stomach has part my stomach cavity (continuant parthood, material entity has part immaterial entity)" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000112 "this year has part this day (occurrent parthood)" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000118 "has_part" xsd:string
property_value: isDefinedBy http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl
property_value: isDefinedBy http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro.owl
property_value: RO:0001900 RO:0001901
is_transitive: true

[Typedef]
id: part_of
name: part of
namespace: external
def: "a core relation that holds between a part and its whole" []
subset: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/valid_for_go_annotation_extension
subset: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/valid_for_go_gp2term
subset: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/valid_for_go_ontology
subset: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/valid_for_gocam
xref: BFO:0000050
property_value: IAO:0000111 "is part of" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000112 "my brain is part of my body (continuant parthood, two material entities)" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000112 "my stomach cavity is part of my stomach (continuant parthood, immaterial entity is part of material entity)" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000112 "this day is part of this year (occurrent parthood)" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000118 "part_of" xsd:string
property_value: isDefinedBy http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl
property_value: isDefinedBy http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro.owl
property_value: RO:0001900 RO:0001901
property_value: seeAlso http://ontologydesignpatterns.org/wiki/Community:Parts_and_Collections
property_value: seeAlso http://ontologydesignpatterns.org/wiki/Submissions:PartOf
property_value: seeAlso "http://www.obofoundry.org/ro/#OBO_REL:part_of" xsd:string
property_value: seeAlso "https://wiki.geneontology.org/Part_of" xsd:anyURI
is_transitive: true
inverse_of: has_part ! has part