The science behind Beave

The research Beave is built on, written up as a working paper.

The Solution to Smartphone Addiction

A Behavioural-Science Framework and Its Implementation in Beave
Farhan Aktar · Working paper v1.3 · October 2026 · 36 pages

Phone overuse is held in place by several separate forces at once, from habits set off by cues to feeds that never end, and each of them has a counter-measure with research behind it. The paper sets out that evidence and shows how Beave builds those counter-measures into five layers.

Technical drawing from the paper: the Dam Model shown as a section through an embankment dam, with its five layers (Measure, Plan, Pre-commit, Interrupt, Reinforce) labelled.

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