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 ...

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 ...

Steph Curry closed his eyes and imagined he was elsewhere. He was in the middle of a shooting slump during the Olympic Games in Paris, averaging just 7.2 points through four contests. Instead of ...

Finding flow — that immersive, focused state where time slips away — can turn a creative endeavor into a deeply satisfying experience. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who coined the term, ...

A new study provides evidence that the human brain constructs our seamless experience of the world by first breaking it down ...

In today’s world, where everything is about doing more in less time, we often lose track of how to live in the present moment. But here’s the thing: finding a true state of “flow” might actually be a ...