The research Marenn is built on
Marenn is not therapy or medical care, and none of this is a clinical claim about Marenn. It’s the research on memory and reflection that Marenn’s design draws on. Each study is real, and each one is linked.
Memory
Most of what's said in high-stakes conversations is forgotten
Research on medical consultations found patients forget 40–80% of what was discussed, almost immediately. The harder the conversation, the worse the recall.
Marenn keeps the thread for you. What you said last week is still there next week, in your own words.
Kessels (2003), Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine→Naming
Putting feelings into words measurably calms the brain
UCLA researchers found that labeling an emotion reduces activity in the amygdala, the brain's alarm system. Saying what you feel turns the volume down.
Marenn is built to get you saying the thing out loud, in your own words, not scrolling past it.
Lieberman et al. (2007), Psychological Science→Distance
Seeing your patterns from the outside loosens them
Psychologists call it self-distancing: stepping back and looking at your situation from the outside rather than re-living it from the inside. Studies link it to less rumination and calmer processing of hard feelings.
The map and the portrait are self-distance, built in: your week, reflected back at one remove.
Kross & Ayduk (2008), Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin→Forgetting
Forgetting starts within the hour
The forgetting curve is one of psychology's oldest replicated findings: without anything holding it, roughly half of new information is gone within an hour.
That's why venting into a void doesn't add up to anything. With Marenn, it adds up to a map.
Ebbinghaus (1885), replicated by Murre & Dros (2015), PLOS ONE→If you’re in crisis or need medical or psychological care, please reach a professional or local emergency services. Marenn is a space to think out loud, not a treatment.