CognaTypeBeta

A map for how your mind actually works

Your brain has a shape. This is the map of it.

CognaType names the stable patterns underneath how you focus, feel, remember, and start things. It is descriptive, not diagnostic: a map you read, not a test you pass.

Entry direction
Three ways in: answer ten questions and let it point you, start from something you already notice, or start from the shape of the whole map.Already have a word for it? Type what you notice and go straight to the page that says it.New here? Answer one question and we will point you at the part of the map that fits.
Point me at something

Ten questions about how your mind works, then Pattern pages to read. No account needed; choose whether to save your matches.

Take the intro survey →Something keeps happening

Start from the thing you already live with (waiting mode, doom piles, rest that does not restore) and work back to the traits behind it.

Browse 29 Patterns →Show me the whole map

Start from the structure (four layers, ten domains, seventy-two traits) and filter down to the part you care about.

Browse 72 traits →

If you already have words for it, start there. Plain ones work: late, shame, noise, starting.

Searching looks inside the writing on every page, not just the names.

One question, no account needed

What brought you here today?

Something specific keeps happening

Explore Patterns named in plain language.

I want to understand the system

Start at the layers and work down to individual traits.

Someone sent me a term

Browse the full trait list and search it directly.

I do not know where to start

Answer ten questions and we will point you at three pages.

The four layers

Every trait sits in one layer. Layers stack: what is underneath has to hold before what is above it can run.

Foundation15 traits · 3 domainsEmotion · Memory · PerceptionDrive & Fuel15 traits · 2 domainsConnection · Drive and EnergyExecution20 traits · 2 domainsExecutive Control · ForesightIntegration & Meaning22 traits · 3 domainsAssociation · Language · Self-Awareness