Exploring the Neural Correlates of Flow Experience with Multifaceted Tasks and a Single-Channel Prefrontal EEG Recording.

Yuqi Hang, Buyanzaya Unenbat, Shiyun Tang, Fei Wang, Bingxin Lin, Dan Zhang

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Yuqi HangDepartment of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4808-8481

Buyanzaya UnenbatDepartment of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

Shiyun TangRDFZ Xishan School, Beijing 100091, China.

Fei WangDepartment of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

Bingxin LinDepartment of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

Dan ZhangDepartment of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7592-3200

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Education Innovation Grants, Tsinghua University DX05_02Open Project of Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Multimodal Cognitive Computation, Anhui University MMC202001Teaching Reform Project of the Instruction Committee of Psy-chology in Higher Education by the Ministry of Education of China 20222008

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Abstract

Flow experience, characterized by deep immersion and complete engagement in a task, is highly recognized for its positive psychological impacts. However, previous studies have been restricted to using a single type of task, and the exploration of its neural correlates has been limited. This study aimed to explore the neural correlates of flow experience with the employment of multifaceted flow-induction tasks. Six tasks spanning mindfulness, artistic tasks, free recall, and varying levels of Tetris complexity (easy, flow, and hard conditions) were employed to have relatively complete coverage of the known flow-induction tasks for a better induction of individualized flow experience. Twenty-eight participants were recruited to perform these six tasks with a single-channel prefrontal EEG recording. Significant positive correlations were observed between the subjective flow scores of the individual's best-flow-experience task and the EEG activities at the delta, gamma, and theta bands, peaking at latencies around 2 min after task onset. The outcomes of regression analysis yield a maximum R

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BrainMindfulnessElectroencephalographyHumansflow experiencemultifaceted taskssingle-channel EEG

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PMID38544157

DOI10.3390/s24061894

PMCPMC10975495

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