Flow in positive psychology, also known colloquially as being in the zone or locked in, is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and … 展开

Mihaly Csikszentmihályi and others began researching flow after Csikszentmihályi became fascinated by artists who would essentially get lost in their work. Artists, especially painters, got so … 展开

In any given moment, there is a great deal of information made available to each individual. Psychologists have found that one's mind can attend to … 展开

The flow state can be entered while performing any activity, although it is more likely to occur when the task or activity is wholeheartedly engaged for 展开

Flow is so named because, during Csíkszentmihályi's 1975 interviews, several people described their "flow" experiences using the … 展开

Jeanne Nakamura and Csíkszentmihályi identify the following six factors as encompassing an experience of flow:
1. Intense and focused concentration on the present 展开

There are three common ways to measure flow experiences: the flow questionnaire (FQ), the experience sampling method (ESM), and the "standardized scales of the componential approach."
Flow questionnaire
The FQ requires … 展开