Tips for getting "in the zone" Reviewed by Carly Snyder, MD If you've ever felt completely absorbed in something, you might have been experiencing a mental state psychologists call flow. It's that ...

In his landmark 1990 book Flow, psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi described flow as “a state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience is so ...

What if you could unlock a state of mind where time melts away, your focus sharpens to a razor’s edge, and even the most challenging tasks feel almost effortless? This isn’t some far-off dream or a ...

In 1990, a psychologist named Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi published a book in which he described “flow,” a state of mind in which people can focus their brains, shut out distractions, and become much more ...

It’s a cinematic tale as old as time. The heroes are on the cusp of catching the bad guy, but there’s a hitch that can only be solved by one person: the programmer. The heroes call her in their moment ...

The mind state of flow is reached when you're completely absorbed in an activity that's challenging, but not too hard. An easy way to achieve flow is by playing video games. Artists feel it when they ...

Have you ever been so absorbed in an activity that time just seemed to melt away? When you’re deeply focused on a challenging task that you have enough skill to complete and the activity is rewarding ...

A person is in a state of flow when they are totally immersed in a task. When a person is “in flow,” they may not notice time passing, think about why they are doing the task, or judge their efforts.