Flow
The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation September 12, 2019 Jeanne Nakamura, Dwight C.K. Tse, Shannon Shankland
Flow is an optimal psychological state characterized by the enjoyment of deep absorption in what one is doing. This psychological state is autotelic (i.e., rewarding in itself); experiencing flow intrinsically motivates individuals to engage in activities that are conducive to it. Research on the flow experience has shed light on the phenomenology of intrinsic motivation since Csikszentmihalyi...