Research Hit: What Happens In Your Brain When You’re In “Flow”
Ahhh, now that sounds interesting! But maybe first explain what “flow” is?
Flow is that state of being totally immersed in something when you are totally engaged and may also, for example lose track of time, being in the zone, and not notice tiredness or fatigue until you’re done. Famously proposed by the American-Hungarian psychologist with the unpronounceable name, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, in his book of the same name in 1990.
And how do you get into this sublime state?
Well, this has been known for a long time and was also put forward by the great man himself (who sadly died just this last October), the most important are:
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