[Research]
Can behavior, observed over months, become a reliable signal?
We record what children and young adults do in interactive environments, test it against established measures, and publish every result, including the ones that don't hold up.
Pre-validation·Behavioral twins·Updated Oct 2026
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[In brief]
Does behavior in structured play reveal stable patterns of effort, flexibility, exploration and social approach?
Record events without interpretation. Measure them per session. Call nothing a signal until it passes tests fixed in advance.
Pre-validation. No signal has been validated yet. The first studies are in design.
[How it works]
An event is not a conclusion.
Record
What happened, when and in what context. No interpretation.
retry_after_failureMeasure
Turn events into simple measures, session by session.
retries per failureTest
Five checks, with pass thresholds set before data comes in.
preregisteredReport
Only what passes, named against an established construct.
Effort[The gate]
Five checks before anything counts.
- StableSame result across sessions when nothing should have changed.
- Matches known measuresAgrees with established tests of the same trait.
- DistinctDoesn't simply mirror unrelated traits.
- Agrees across sourcesEnvironment, clinician and family point the same way.
- Responds to changeMoves when behavior is expected to change, and only then.
[Studies]
Three studies, in order.
Preregistration links are added as each protocol is published.
- Feasibility of repeated sessionsChildren and young adultsIn design
- Persistence after failureChildrenDrafting
- Agreement with clinician and family reportChildrenPlanned
[Commitments & limits]
What we promise, and what we can't claim yet.
Consent. Parental consent and child assent. Opt-in, withdraw any time.
Ethics review. No study starts without committee approval.
Restricted access. Named, authorised research staff only.
Open reporting. Aggregate results, null and negative findings included.
No signal has been validated.
Behavior in an interactive environment may not carry over to everyday life.
Early samples will be small and not representative.
Clinical usefulness has not been established.
[Get started]
Collaborate on a study.
We are looking for clinicians and researchers to help design, run and validate the first studies.