This is the first in a two-part series on the legacy of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who passed away in October. This part is contributed by Angela Duckworth, Ph.D. Years ago, when I was still in ...

Finding flow — that immersive, focused state where time slips away — can turn a creative endeavor into a deeply satisfying experience.

They did not aim to – and, in fact, could not – tell us anything about the mechanical workings of the brain during the flow episodes. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who died in 2021 ...