What Open Shore is built on

The honest version: Open Shore is made from techniques that have been studied in peer-reviewed research. Open Shore itself has not been tested in a trial. A study of our own is being planned. We make no medical claims: Open Shore doesn't diagnose, treat or cure anything.

• Get everything out of your headRisko & Gilbert 2016, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, doi:10.1016/j.tics.2016.08.001 (review of cognitive offloading)Moderate
• Write worries downRamirez & Beilock 2011, Science, doi:10.1126/science.1199427 (later corrected; replications mixed)Early research
• Sort and prioritiseSkills taught in randomised trials of structured programmes for adults: Safren et al. 2010, JAMA, doi:10.1001/jama.2010.1192; Solanto et al. 2010, Am J Psychiatry, doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09081123. Those were therapist-led over 12 sessions; we don't claim their results.Moderate (as part of those programmes)
• Give loose ends a dateMasicampo & Baumeister 2011, J Pers Soc Psychol, doi:10.1037/a0024192Early research
• Keep one move as a "When X, I will Y" planGollwitzer & Sheeran 2006, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 38:69–119: meta-analysis of 94 tests, d = 0.65 (PDF)Strong (general population)
• Let AI suggest the stepThe research studied plans people made themselves. Whether accepting an AI suggestion works as well is untested, and it's one of the things our own study will look at.Untested
• Check back at a time you chooseWe don't cite a study for this nudge and haven't tested it ourselves. It is a design choice, not a research result.Untested

The sea is there because it's good to look at. We make no claims about it.