Research

Metanoia. M374's first research program. Metanoia is a neuroscience-grounded protocol for interrupting recurrent thought patterns — rumination, regret loops, intrusive self-referential thinking — at the neural level, creating a brief cognitive window in which redirection becomes possible. It draws on twenty years of research in attentional-network neuroscience, default-mode-network dynamics, working memory, and memory reconsolidation. A complete session moves through four phases — detect, interrupt, redirect, reinforce — in under three minutes. Read the research brief →

Metacognition. M374's second research program. Metacognition — the capacity to observe, evaluate, and regulate one's own thinking — is a measurable cognitive function with specific neural substrates and a mature clinical evidence base. M374 treats it as a trainable capacity rather than a fixed trait, and studies the conditions under which it can be deliberately cultivated outside the therapy room. The program draws on nearly fifty years of research in cognitive psychology, prefrontal neuroscience, and metacognitive therapy. Read the research brief →

Meditation. M374's third research program. Meditation is a class of structured attentional disciplines with measurable effects on brain and behavior — reliable reductions in default-mode-network activity, improvements in attention regulation, and, with sustained practice, detectable structural change. The program treats meditation as a subject of neuroscience rather than a spiritual practice or a wellness product, and engages the field's own critical self-appraisal with the same seriousness as its positive findings. Read the research brief →