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"To achieve flow, the brain needs to be tasked with doing something slightly challenging, but not impossible, and given rules or parameters. People usually asso
by endswapper 10y ago
"To achieve flow, the brain needs to be tasked with doing something slightly challenging, but not impossible, and given rules or parameters. People usually associate flow with running or playing chess, for example, so now we might add kinky sex to the list. The researchers likened flow to a rewarding sense of control and loss of self-consciousness; it has also been strongly linked to enhanced creativity."
I relate to the running association. Even sustained walking 30-45 minutes seems to offer "flow."
- kafkaesq 10y agoBut some flow states are much more intense (or sublime) than others. Those that come with listening to (or creating) music, for example (for some people). Or the sphere of activity referred to in the article.