ReviewFrontiers in psychology2021
The Neuroscience of the Flow State: Involvement of the Locus Coeruleus Norepinephrine System.
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- Forgetting ourselves in flow: an active inference account of flow states and how we experience ourselves within them.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Effects of web-based mindfulness training on psychological outcomes, attention, and neuroplasticity.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Exploring the dynamics of mobile app addiction: the interplay of communication, affective factors, flow, perceived enjoyment, and habit.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Modulating arousal to overcome gait impairments in Parkinson's disease: how the noradrenergic system may act as a double-edged sword.Translational neurodegeneration · 2023Review
- Changes in pupil dilation and P300 amplitude indicate the possible involvement of the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) system in psychological flow.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Flow is a state of full task engagement that is accompanied with low-levels of self-referential thinking. Flow is considered highly relevant for human performance and well-being and has, therefore, been studied extensively. Yet, the neurocognitive processes of flow remain largely unclear. In the present mini-review we focus on how the brain's locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) system may be involved in a range of behavioral and subjective manifestations of flow. The LC-NE system regulates decisions regarding task engagement vs. disengagement. This is done
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