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# Subject object

A subject represents a human being who is the subject of a [record](/cortex-api/records.md) (ie an experiment).

## Description

A subject object includes these fields:

| Name             | Type               | Description                                                                                                               |
| ---------------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| subjectName      | `string`           | The name of the subject.                                                                                                  |
| dateOfBirth      | `string`           | The date of birth of the subject. The format is "YYYY-MM-DD", e.g. "1980-12-25".                                          |
| sex              | `string`           | Can be "M", "F" or "U". These letters stands for male, female and unknown respectively.                                   |
| experimentsCount | `number`           |                                                                                                                           |
| countryCode      | `string`           | The [Alpha-2 ISO code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_3166_country_codes) of the country the subject lives in. |
| countryName      | `string`           | The name of the country the subject lives in.                                                                             |
| state            | `string`           | The state the subject lives in.                                                                                           |
| city             | `string`           | The city the subject lives in.                                                                                            |
| attributes       | `array of objects` | A list of demographic attribute objects. See below.                                                                       |

### Demographic attribute object

The field **attributes** is a list of attributes. A demographic attribute is an object with 2 fields:

| Name  | Type     | Required | Description                 |
| ----- | -------- | -------- | --------------------------- |
| name  | `string` | yes      | The name of the attribute.  |
| value | `string` | yes      | The value of the attribute. |

You must call [getDemographicAttributes](/cortex-api/subjects/getdemographicattributes.md) to know what are the valid attribute names, and what are the possible values for each attribute.

For example, to tell that the subject is right handed, you can add the attribute **`{ "name":"Handedness", "value":"Right"}`**

## Example

```javascript
{
    "attributes": [
        {
            "name": "Handedness",
            "value": "Left"
        },
        {
            "name": "Education",
            "value": "Master's degree"
        }
    ],
    "city": "London",
    "countryCode": "GB",
    "countryName": "",
    "dateOfBirth": "1980-12-25",
    "experimentsCount": 3,
    "modifiedDatetime": "2019-07-01T11:23:11.644+07:00",
    "sex": "F",
    "state": "",
    "subjectName": "Alice Smith"
}
```