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'''Flow''' is the mental state of operation in which the [[person]] is fully immersed in what he or she is doing by a [[feeling]] of energized [[focus]], full involvement, and success in the [[process]] of the activity. Proposed by positive psychology  [[Mihály Csíkszentmihályi]], the [[concept]] has been widely referenced across a variety of fields.[http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&cites=12334528761431366038 Citations of Csíkszentmihályi's 1990 book about flow on Google Scholar]

 

'''Flow''' is the mental state of operation in which the [[person]] is fully immersed in what he or she is doing by a [[feeling]] of energized [[focus]], full involvement, and success in the [[process]] of the activity. Proposed by positive psychology  [[Mihály Csíkszentmihályi]], the [[concept]] has been widely referenced across a variety of fields.

 

[http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&cites=12334528761431366038 Citations of Csíkszentmihályi's 1990 book about flow on Google Scholar]

Colloquial terms for this or similar mental states include: to be ''on the ball'', ''in the zone'', or ''in the groove''.

Colloquial terms for this or similar mental states include: to be ''on the ball'', ''in the zone'', or ''in the groove''.

== Components of flow ==

== Components of flow ==