Four pages. Three findings we build on, and one widely repeated claim we think the evidence does not support.
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Is Decision Fatigue Real? The Evidence Is Contested
The evidence is genuinely contested. A 23-lab preregistered replication involving over 2,000 participants found the…
The Real Cost of Context Switching
Mark, Gudith and Klocke found that interrupted work was actually completed faster — but at the cost of significantly…
Why Writing Tasks Down Works: The Evidence
Unfinished tasks intrude on attention until they are resolved. Masicampo and Baumeister found that writing a specific…
Frequently asked questions
What is your sourcing policy?
Every research claim links to a primary source. We don't cite secondary blogs, we don't attach invented percentages to real studies, and where a finding is contested we say so.
Do you publish your own research?
No. We haven't run a controlled trial of Lumin, so we don't claim one. The research here concerns the underlying mechanisms, not our product.