About CogS
A small research-engineering program.
CogS exists to build careful, open, browser-based tools for cognitive measurement. The premise is straightforward: useful public research infrastructure can be modest in size and still be rigorous in design.
Why the project stays narrow
Readable systems
The unit of work is intentionally small. A task should be inspectable. Logged fields should be explicit. Analysis should be rerunnable without hidden services or proprietary tooling.
Boundaries before scale
The current public posture favors clarity over reach. Static deployment, local-first storage, and conservative claims come before wider collection or product expansion.
What exists today
The first active project is PULSE, a browser-based task platform for reaction time, accuracy, attention, and working memory. Every task runs behind the same small contract. Trial records use a shared schema. Quality-control rules are documented rather than implied.
The public site is intentionally plain about status. What is live is named. What is still planned is named separately. That distinction matters more than sounding complete.
What CogS is not
- Not a brain-training brand.
- Not a clinical or diagnostic instrument.
- Not an employment or educational screening tool.
- Not a generic startup wrapper around cognitive-science language.
Data and licensing
Data posture
Real participant-level data is never committed to a public repository. Public releases are aggregate-only. Consent text changes with the code and with the deployment posture.
Open artifacts
Code is Apache-2.0. Documentation, protocols, and diagrams are CC BY 4.0. Each active project ships citation metadata so the work can be referenced cleanly.