The 5-9 anxiety peak is not a personal verdict — it is Central Asia’s highest 2023 group rate
You arrived looking for the anxiety figures by age in Central Asia. The 2023 pattern starts high among ages 5-9, ... Read…
CAADRIA
Cognitive, Affective And Developmental Research Insights Archive
Your mind is more interesting than the myths about it.
CAADRIA — the Cognitive, Affective And Developmental Research Insights Archive — turns real psychology research into guides you can test on yourself: self-checks, experiments and myth-busting you can feel working.
Predict the finding
In a famous study, people watched a basketball video while a person in a gorilla suit walked through the middle of the game. What share of viewers never noticed the gorilla?
0%
Roughly half of viewers missed the gorilla entirely (Simons & Chabris, 1999). Attention isn't a camera — it's a spotlight, and everything outside it can simply vanish.
Why your brain does this →The archive
Six rooms of the mind
Anxiety & stress
What worry is for, when it misfires, and evidence-based ways to work with it.
Memory & attention
Why you forget names, miss gorillas, and how to actually remember things.
Personality
The Big Five, what's stable, what changes, and what tests can really tell you.
Relationships
Attachment, conflict, connection — what the research says actually helps.
Sleep & habits
The science of rest, routine and behaviour change that sticks.
Biases & decisions
The predictable glitches in human judgement — and how to catch your own.
Myth lab
Guess before you flip
Fresh from the archive
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Your pet isn’t a universal health guarantee — it’s part of a daily life where comfort, connection, activity, and care burden can coexist
You have reached the point where a pet feels central to daily life, and you want to know what that ... Read…
If you keep asking whether PTSD and complex PTSD are really distinct, the doubt is not the whole story — the evidence supports CPTSD as a separate ICD-11 pattern while individual diagnosis remains unsettled
You arrived after comparing PTSD with complex PTSD and wondering whether the research supports the distinction. The evidence supports complex ... Read…
If you are trying to place one person’s anxiety in the wider picture, age is not a simple ranking—the 2023 Central Europe figures show a childhood peak, young-adult trough and adult rise
You arrived looking at anxiety by age in Central Europe and trying to place one person’s experience in the wider ... Read…
People reading the 2023 anxiety age bands do not find one worst age — ages 5 to 9 lead on the listed prevalence rate, while other measures describe different parts of the burden
You are looking at anxiety by age because one number cannot explain what happens across childhood, youth and adulthood. In ... Read…
You do not find the PTSD–complex PTSD difference only in trauma history — 7 research patterns place it across symptoms, diagnosis, prevalence, and treatment
You arrived comparing PTSD and complex PTSD because one label seems too narrow for what you experience. The research describes ... Read…
How we work
Research first, hype never
Every claim on CAADRIA traces back to published research — and when studies disagree or fail to replicate, we say so. Interactive self-checks run entirely in your browser: your answers are never stored or sent anywhere.
- Claims cited to published studies
- Replication status flagged honestly
- Self-checks run in your browser only
- Educational content, clearly not therapy
Before you ask
Common questions
The short version: educational, evidence-based, and never a substitute for professional care. Details on the right.
What does CAADRIA stand for?
The Cognitive, Affective And Developmental Research Insights Archive — the three pillars of psychological science (thinking, feeling, growing) in one library.
Are the self-checks real psychological tests?
They are educational versions built on open, validated research instruments. They can show you patterns worth reflecting on, but they are not clinical assessments and cannot diagnose anything.
Do you store my quiz answers?
No. Interactive checks run entirely in your browser. Nothing you answer is stored on our servers or sent anywhere.
Is this a substitute for therapy?
No. CAADRIA is an educational publication. If you are struggling, a qualified mental-health professional is the right person to talk to.
CAADRIA is an independent psychology publication. Our content is educational and is not a substitute for professional mental-health advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you are struggling, please reach out to a qualified professional.