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.

One dial

Trait

A single stable feature of how your mind runs. A range you land somewhere on, not a label you get.

The bin it sits in

Domain

Traits that run on shared machinery, like memory, emotion, and executive control, grouped into one territory.

What you actually notice

Cluster

Several traits interacting, which is where lived experience happens. Most people arrive here first.

Entry direction
Two ways in: start from something you already notice about yourself, or 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.
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 31 clusters →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

Go to the clusters: 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 want to help build this

The surveys are being tested now, before the assessment ships.

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

A quick, honest note

This is a map, not a verdict

It is in active beta, so the content is still growing and will keep changing. It was written with the help of AI, grounded in cognitive neuroscience, and reviewed by a human.

It describes how your mind tends to work. It is not a diagnosis, and it does not replace clinical assessment or professional care.