There are several types of analyzers based on modality:
Since sensations are largely provided by physiological processes - the activity of the sense organs, many of their characteristics can be measured with special devices.
However, different types of sensations are characterized not only by specificity but also by properties common to them. These properties include:
Quality is the key feature of a sensation, distinguishing it from other types of sensations and varying within this type. Auditory sensations differ in height, timbre, volume; visual - by saturation, color tone, etc. The qualitative variety of sensations reflects the infinite variety of the matter motion. The intensity of sensation is its quantitative characteristic, it is determined by the strength of the affecting stimulus and the functional state of the receptor. The duration of the sensation is its temporal characteristic. It is also determined by the functional state of the sense organ, but mainly by the time of stimulation and its intensity. When a stimulus is exposed to the sensory organ, the sensation does not arise immediately, but after some time, which was called the latent (hidden) period of sensation. The sensations are also characterized by the spatial localization of the stimulus. Spatial analysis carried out by distant receptors gives us information about the localization of the stimulus in space. Contact sensations (tactile, pain, gustatory) are related to that part of the body, which is affected by the stimulus. The localization of pain sensations is diffuse and less precise than that of tactile sensations.