Neurocognitive mechanisms of the flow state

Harris, David; Vine, Samuel J.; Wilson, Mark R.

doi:10.1016/bs.pbr.2017.06.012

Cited by 70 publications

(83 citation statements)

References 108 publications

(149 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…As mentioned earlier, team flow might require a unique interaction between the brain regions involved in individual flow and socialization. As reported, the PFC are activated during social interaction but suppressed during individual flow experience (14,15,24). During team flow, the PFC showed both signals.…”

Section: A Suggested Neural Model For Team Flowsupporting

confidence: 57%

“…S2) (20)(21)(22)(23). Although psychometric ratings provided some evidence that the participants reached some sort of the flow experience, it did not give us reliable clues about the depth of the flow state (24). Using the task-irrelevant AEP, we could confirm that the task used in this report could attain enough depth of flow experience to alter one of the most critical flow dimensions: the attenuated consciousness to external stimulus.…”

Section: Effective Parametric Tools To Measure the Depth Of The Flow mentioning

confidence: 66%

“…Using the task-irrelevant AEP, we could confirm that the task used in this report could attain enough depth of flow experience to alter one of the most critical flow dimensions: the attenuated consciousness to external stimulus. Indeed, the flow experience is hypothesized to be either an abrupt discrete zone or a gradual continuum (21,24). Solving this ambiguity would be a significant advance in understanding how the flow experience develops and operates.…”

Section: Effective Parametric Tools To Measure the Depth Of The Flow mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The normalized power was calculated through subtracting the individual's mean PSD from the PSD at each condition. The normalized power was averaged within the following frequency bands: delta (1 -3 Hz), theta (4 -7 Hz), alpha (8)(9)(10)(11)(12), beta (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30), gamma (31 -120 Hz), and lower gamma (31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50). The normalized power for the 128 channel data and the permutation statistics with Bonferroni multiple comparison correction was projected to topographical maps using EEGLAB toolbox.…”

Section: Power Spectrum Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For social information processing, several networks have been implicated: social perception, empathy, mentalization, and action observation networks have been identified as partially overlapping brain regions with the central role played by the amygdala, the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), the prefrontal cortex (PFC), and the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and the inferior and superior parietal lobule (IPL/SPL), respectively (14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19). Meanwhile, several studies of individual flow have shown increased activity of the IFG and the IPL/SPL, and a decreased activity of the PFC (20)(21)(22)(23)(24). There are concordant and discordant overlaps between the brain regions involved in these two experiences.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Team flow is a unique brain state associated with enhanced information integration and neural synchrony

Shehata

Cheng

Leung

et al. 2020

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Team flow occurs when a group of people reaches high task engagement while sharing a common goal as in sports teams and music bands. While team flow is a superior enjoyable experience to individuals experiencing flow or regular socialization, the neural basis for such superiority is still unclear. Here, we addressed this question utilizing a music rhythm task and electroencephalogram hyper-scanning. Experimental manipulations held the motor task constant while disrupted the hedonic musical correspondence to blocking flow or occluded the partner's body and task feedback to block social interaction. The manipulations' effectiveness was confirmed using psychometric ratings and an objective measure for the depth of flow experience through the inhibition of the auditory-evoked potential to a task-irrelevant stimulus. Spectral power analysis revealed higher beta/gamma power specific to team flow at the left temporal cortex. Causal interaction analysis revealed that the left temporal cortex receives information from areas encoding individual flow or socialization. The left temporal cortex was also significantly involved in integrated information at both the intra-and inter-brains levels. Moreover, team flow resulted in enhanced global inter-brain integrated information and neural synchrony. Thus, our report presents neural evidence that team flow results in a distinct brain state and suggests a neurocognitive mechanism by which the brain creates this unique experience.

show abstract

Section: A Suggested Neural Model For Team Flowsupporting

confidence: 57%

Section: Effective Parametric Tools To Measure the Depth Of The Flow mentioning

confidence: 66%

Section: Effective Parametric Tools To Measure the Depth Of The Flow mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Power Spectrum Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Team flow is a unique brain state associated with enhanced information integration and neural synchrony

Shehata

Cheng

Leung

et al. 2020

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Flow

Weber

Fisher

2020

The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The flow construct first appeared within humanistic perspectives in psychology in the 1960s. Csikszentmihalyi's theory of human happiness, balance, and optimal experience is today known as flow theory. Flow is characterized by six specific traits: balance between an individual's skills and an activity's challenge, focused attention, temporal distortion, task enjoyment, intrinsic motivation, and the transition of an individual's mental state from self‐centeredness to self‐transcendence. Sherry introduced the flow construct to media psychological research in the early 2000s with the goal of explaining individual differences in media enjoyment. Ensuing theorizing introduced neurocognitive conceptualizations of the flow construct in the mid‐ to late 2000s with the transient hypofrontality hypothesis and the synchronization theory of flow as the two most influential conceptualizations within media psychology. Future flow research within media psychology will likely take advantage of this neurocognitive theorizing along with innovative analytical approaches within the cognitive sciences like network neuroscience.

show abstract