The Felluss Institute conducts rigorous, practice-generated research on performance architecture. We investigate how elite performers organize their nervous system to maintain decision quality under maximum pressure. Our research spans competitive tennis, financial markets, shamanic practice, and somatic reorganization.
Most performance research is conducted on subjects in controlled laboratory settings. The Felluss Institute takes the opposite approach: we conduct research through active practice in real competitive environments. This generates insights that laboratory research cannot access.
The Control Loop Framework is our theoretical foundation. An original extension of Perceptual Control Theory into adversarial competitive contexts, CLF explains how performers organize their reference signals to maintain control under pressure.
Longitudinal N=1 autoethnographic study of aging athletic performance. Study 001 & 002 investigating competitive tennis, constraint saturation, and recovery mechanisms.
Study 001 & 002 — ActiveThermal somatic reorganization as a pathway to expanded performance capacity. Investigation of how deliberate somatic practice extends the nervous system's ability to maintain control.
ActiveShamanic practice as adversarial performance. Testing whether CLF operates in non-ordinary reality and what it reveals about the universal architecture of intentional systems.
ActivePerceptual arbitrage in markets. Investigation of how CLF applies to trading, market signaling, and decision-making under uncertainty.
Research InitiativeOur primary distribution channel. Interactive research platform providing guided tours, research documentation, and ongoing findings. Subscription-based access allows us to sustain research while maintaining intellectual autonomy.
Formal findings are published through institutional channels. Collaboration with UC Berkeley, Lund University, and other research institutions ensures that our work meets rigorous academic standards.
Developing partnerships with IBM, Whoop, and Asics to apply CLF principles to performance technology, athletic wearables, and competitive equipment design. These partnerships extend our research reach and create new applications.
The New York Times has contacted us for a potential story. We're committed to making serious research accessible to the public without compromising intellectual rigor.
Practice-Generated Research (PGR) is our core methodology. It turns active practice into publishable research, distributes findings through institutional channels, and creates economic sustainability without compromising intellectual autonomy.
Systematic engagement generates data
Practice becomes systematic data
Data becomes formal findings
Findings reach practitioners
This cycle creates economic sustainability. Revenue from Ground Press funds better practice. Better practice generates better data. Better data generates better findings. The loop tightens. The research deepens.