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Understand your brain.
Reclaim your attention.

Sixty-three short lessons on how attention, habits, memory and cognitive biases actually work. Every one shows its sources and states how strong the evidence really is.

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  • WORKS OFFLINE
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  • NOTHING UPLOADED

Most attention apps try to block what you reach for. Reset explains why you reach for it.

Blocking fails at exactly the moment you need it, because you are the one holding the off switch. Understanding the mechanism does not wear off — and it turns out most of the useful changes are physical, not motivational.

What two minutes looks like

Every lesson has the same seven steps. The shape is enforced in the code — a lesson without sources will not build.

  1. 01

    A hook

    One true, surprising finding — not a motivational quote.

  2. 02

    The mechanism

    A short explanation with a diagram, not a wall of text.

  3. 03

    A real example

    The same idea, in an ordinary Tuesday.

  4. 04

    A quiz

    Retrieval, because reading alone does almost nothing.

  5. 05

    The nuanced answer

    Including what the popular version gets wrong.

  6. 06

    A challenge

    One concrete thing to do away from the screen.

  7. 07

    XP

    And your streak survives a missed day.

It tells you when the science is shaky

Every lesson carries an evidence level. Here is a real one, from the lesson that takes apart the most viral idea in this whole category.

“Dopamine detox”: what is true and what is sold

SOLID

You cannot detox from dopamine. It is not a toxin, it is not a reward chemical, and you would be in serious trouble without it. And yet the practice people describe does do something real — just not for the reason they were told.

WHAT GETS OVERSTATED

Fasting from stimulation does not deplete, reset or cleanse dopamine. Remove your most stimulating option and everything else moves up the ranking — that is a real effect with a boring explanation.

SOURCES

  • Berridge & Robinson, Brain Research Reviews (1998) — separated “wanting” from “liking”.
  • Schultz, Journal of Neurophysiology (1998) — dopamine signals reward prediction error, not reward.

Six paths, sixty-three lessons

The first five lessons are free, no trial, no card. New lessons every month, and every lesson you finish comes back later for review.

How Attention Works

5 FREE

Why you miss things in plain sight, and what an interruption really costs.

13 LESSONS

How Habits Form

The loop that runs without your permission — and where to interrupt it.

10 LESSONS

Memory and Learning

Why you forget almost everything, and the two techniques that fix it.

10 LESSONS

Digital Boundaries

What your feed is actually doing, and what "dopamine detox" gets wrong.

10 LESSONS

Focus

Entering the state, staying in it, and taking breaks that restore anything.

10 LESSONS

Cognitive Biases

The reasoning errors you cannot feel yourself making.

10 LESSONS

What Reset does not do

Stated plainly, because every other app in this category promises at least one of these.

  • It does not block your apps

    That needs a special Apple permission, and people switch it off exactly when tempted.

  • It does not read your screen time

    Reset cannot see what you use your phone for, and does not ask to.

  • It does not promise to rewire anything

    No IQ claims, no guaranteed results, no instant transformation.

Questions

Is Reset based on real science?
Yes, and it shows its work. Every lesson ends with a "Why this lesson?" section listing the actual studies behind it, plus an honest evidence level: solid, emerging, or debated. When a popular claim is weaker than the internet suggests, the lesson says so rather than quietly repeating it.
Does Reset block apps or track my screen time?
No, and it never claims to. Blocking apps requires a special Apple permission and works poorly in practice, because people disable it exactly when they are most tempted. Reset teaches you why your attention behaves the way it does and gives you concrete changes to make instead.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, no email, and no password. Your progress, XP, streak and badges are stored on your device and never uploaded anywhere. Reset works completely offline.
How much is there, and what happens when I finish it?
Sixty-three lessons across six paths, in English and French. At one a day that is roughly two months, and it is not the end: every lesson you complete comes back for a short review after two days, then a week, then a month, then three. That spacing is not a retention trick bolted on, it is the technique the Memory path spends a whole lesson defending, applied to the app itself. New lessons are added every month.
How long does a lesson take?
Two to three minutes. Each one follows the same seven steps: a scientific hook, a short visual explanation, a real-life example, a quiz, the nuanced answer, a challenge to apply that day, and XP.
What is free and what is Premium?
The first five lessons of How Attention Works are free, plus the focus timer and the streak. Premium unlocks the rest of that path and the other five, unlimited daily challenges, longer focus sessions, all badges and advanced stats.
Does getting a quiz question wrong punish me?
No. There are no lives and nothing to lose. Failed retrieval is one of the strongest learning mechanisms there is — the app teaches that in the Memory path, so punishing errors would contradict its own content.
Is this therapy or medical advice?
No. Reset is educational content about research on attention, habits and memory. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If something is seriously affecting your sleep, mood or daily life, speak to a health professional.
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