EVIDENCE AND LIMITS

Research informs the tools.
It does not prove the app.

What this page means

These publications help explain why MOVE includes breaks, movement, and private reflection. They are not clinical validation of MOVE, and MOVE does not diagnose, prevent, or treat a health condition.

PUBLISHED SOURCES

Three product choices,
three direct sources.

Reviewed August 27, 2026. Claims below are deliberately narrower than the papers' full findings.

01 / ATTENTION

Brief breaks during sustained work

In a laboratory vigilance task, brief and occasional task switches helped prevent the decline in performance seen during uninterrupted work. This supports offering breaks; it does not establish one ideal timer pattern.

Ariga & Lleras, 2011 Cognition, 118(3), 439–443 Read the PubMed record

02 / MOVEMENT

Short bouts of aerobic activity

A meta-analysis covering 158 studies found positive average changes in self-reported positive activated affect after acute aerobic exercise. Effects varied with dose, baseline state, and individual differences.

Reed & Ones, 2006 Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 7(5), 477–514 Read the university publication record

03 / REFLECTION

Structured expressive writing

A meta-analysis of 146 randomized experimental-disclosure studies found a small positive average effect. Results varied across studies, so MOVE presents private writing as an option rather than a treatment.

Frattaroli, 2006 Psychological Bulletin, 132(6), 823–865 Read the PubMed record

HOW WE USE EVIDENCE

Specific claims.
Visible sources.

We link to the publication record, describe the study type, and keep the website claim within what the source actually measured.

When evidence is mixed or indirect, we say so. Product feedback and accessibility testing still matter because a published result does not guarantee a useful app experience.

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