What is PsyCogSec?
Traditional "cognitive security" focuses on external defenses: detecting fake accounts, flagging misinformation, platform policies. PsyCogSec focuses on you.
We train the internal capabilities that make manipulation attempts fail at the point of contact with your mind, regardless of how sophisticated they become.
Six Core Skills
Develop comprehensive psychological defenses across these interconnected areas.
Metacognition
Observe your own thinking
Affect Regulation
Manage emotional responses
Attention Governance
Control your attention
Epistemic Hygiene
Evaluate information rigorously
Social-Self Boundaries
Maintain independent judgment
Narrative Inoculation
Recognize manipulative patterns
Metacognition
Observe your own thinking processes. Notice when emotions override logic and when certainty exceeds evidence.
Protects against: Blind spots, overconfidence, unnoticed bias
Affect Regulation
Manage emotional responses to prevent hijacking of rational thought. Create space between stimulus and response.
Protects against: Outrage bait, fear manipulation, emotional contagion
Attention Governance
Control what captures your attention. Resist doomscrolling, infinite feeds, and attention-hijacking design.
Protects against: Doomscrolling, distraction, algorithmic manipulation
Epistemic Hygiene
Evaluate information sources and claims. Maintain belief calibration and intellectual humility.
Protects against: Misinformation, echo chambers, motivated reasoning
Social-Self Boundaries
Resist social pressure and groupthink. Maintain independent judgment while staying connected.
Protects against: Social proof exploitation, tribal pressure, conformity
Narrative Inoculation
Recognize manipulative narratives. Build immunity through controlled exposure to common techniques.
Protects against: Propaganda, conspiracy theories, deceptive framing
How It Works
Assess
Take our diagnostic assessment to identify your current strengths and vulnerabilities across all six skill areas. About 7 minutes.
Learn
Work through targeted modules with drills and protocols designed to build specific psychological defenses.
Practice
Apply your skills in realistic simulations that expose you to common manipulation tactics in a safe environment.
Why Train Your Mind
Targeted Training
Focus on your specific vulnerabilities identified through assessment.
Transferable Skills
Same skills protect against online manipulation, advertising, and social pressure.
Track Progress
Monitor your improvement across all six skill dimensions over time.
Private & Local
All your data stays on your device. No accounts, no tracking.
Privacy-First Design
No accounts. No tracking. No cloud storage. All your data stays on your device in localStorage. Your psychological profile is yours alone.
Learn more about our privacy approach