AXIOM Blog
Articles on reaction time and cognitive condition. Written for traders, poker players, and anyone who wants an objective measure of decision-quality state.
AXIOM vs WHOOP / Oura / NeuroTracker — Why Measure Before Intervention
HRV monitoring (WHOOP / Oura), cognitive training (NeuroTracker), focus soundscapes (Brain.fm). These four categories all relate to “cognitive performance” but answer fundamentally different questions. Post-hoc vs. pre-decision, training vs. monitoring, improvement vs. measurement — where does AXIOM sit, and what should you choose?
Read more →What Is Trader Tilt — and How Reaction Time Detects It
“Tilt” started as poker slang and now applies to traders. What does “tilted” actually mean cognitively? What do the three reaction-time parameters (μ, σ, τ) reveal? And how do you turn 40 years of PVT research into daily risk-management practice?
Read more →Poker Mental Game — An Objective A-Game Tracker
Since Jared Tendler’s “The Mental Game of Poker,” mental management has been mainstream in poker. But there has been no way to objectively know which Game (A/B/C) you are in right now. Reaction-time data offers a new approach to quantifying today’s self — and protecting post-bad-beat decisions.
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