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When a person is “in flow,” they may not notice time passing, think about why they are doing the task, or judge their efforts. Instead, they remain completely focused. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ...

And then, out of nowhere, appeared the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ... itself—a psychological state Mike would later call flow. The flow state, it turns out, is relatively rare.

I mentioned the concept of “three minds” from sport and performance psychologist Michael Gervais. He identified “negative ...

Prof. Emeritus Mihaly “Mike” Csikszentmihalyi, a pioneering University of Chicago psychologist known as the “father of flow,” died Oct. 20 at his home in Claremont, California. He was 87. As a scholar ...

Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says we can achieve one of the most elusive needs — self-actualization — by finding a state of "flow" in our work or our hobbies. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ...

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a psychologist and best-selling author who coined the term “flow” to describe the sense of creativity that emerges from an intense absorption in a challenging activity ...

“Flow was first identified and studied by the pioneering psychological scientist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,” said John Kounios, a corresponding author of the study. “He defined it as ‘a ...

“Flow” brought to a general readership ... Bea Kallos/EPA, via Shutterstock Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi was born on Sept. 29, 1934, in Fiume, Italy, a port city that is now part of Croatia ...