OUR RESEARCH
Our Research Focus
The Physiology of Attention
How does our environment—particularly sound and acoustic ease—affect our ability to focus? We're studying the bottom-up processes of attention that most research overlooks.
Focus Strategies
How do people actually focus in their daily work? What "recipes" or algorithms do they unconsciously follow? How can we make these strategies conscious and strategic?
The Biology of Attention
What are the physiological requirements for sustainable focus? How do we work with our natural wiring instead of against it?
Distraction as Information
Challenging the assumption that distractions are problems to eliminate. How can we leverage distractions as useful information about our environment and priorities?
Sustainable vs. Traditional Focus Methods
Measuring the long-term effects of different focus approaches on stress levels, creativity, connection, and productivity.
Understanding Focus In Real Life
At Happear, we conduct ongoing research into how attention actually works, beyond the productivity myths and oversimplifications in single fields.
Our work combines philosophy, psychology, economics, sociology, and neuroscience to understand focus as it exists in real life, not just in controlled laboratory conditions.
Current Studies
Focus Gym Longitudinal Study
Tracking participants through the 4-week Focus Gym Workbook program to understand how personalized focus strategies develop and what predicts lasting change.
Acoustic Ease Research
Measuring how different sound environments affect focus quality, creativity, and stress levels in knowledge workers and students.
Corporate Focus Interventions
Studying the effects of Sustainable Focus training in company settings—measuring productivity, wellbeing, collaboration, and retention.