Cognitive Atlas
Explore the cognitive moves.
Open a box for its guide. Use + to expand the moves and acronyms beneath it.
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- REMAPRecord the current map, preserve the facts, make candidates, compare them, then choose what to keep.Open guide +Expand5 branches
- F · FocusChange scale, parts, boundaries, or dimensions with the four Rs.Open guide −Collapse4 branches
- RESIZEWhen your problem feels stuck, change the size of the thing you're looking at by running six zoom lenses (Structure, Cycle, Actor, Link, Ensemble, Service) until a unit appears that you can actually control.Open guide +Expand1 branch
- REPARTITIONRegroup your cases into new categories until membership in a group actually changes what you predict or do.Open guide +Expand5 branches
- REBOUNDARYRedraw what counts as inside versus outside the problem so that hidden dependencies and costs come into the frame.Open guide +Expand7 branches
- REDIMENSIONSwap the variables you describe things with, turning labels into continua, averages into distributions, and traits into states, so hidden differences become visible.Open guide +Expand6 branches
- M · MediumChange the form, layout, notation, or way you work with the map.Open guide +Expand6 branches
- Quick RecipesShort methods that combine cognitive moves. Try one, then check whether it helps.Open guide +Expand20 branches
- Representation forms and carriersWays to show information and work with it.Open guide +Expand7 branches