He describes these Flow States as the optimum states for a human being, and catalogues the three conditions under which they arise: Flow, in a NutshellĬsikszentmihalyi’s signature research was into Flow States – those states of mind when we are totally absorbed in an activity, and can therefore want nothing else in the world, at that time, than to continue uninterrupted. He is the founder and a co-director of the Quality of Life Research Center – a non-profit research institute that studies positive psychology. He emigrated to the United States at the age of 22, and got a BA and PhD from the University of Chicago, going on to become a a professor and chairman of the Department of Psychology. His research into flow states has made a famous figure among specialists and interested general readers alike, with several books including his two best-sellers: Flow: The Psychology of Optimum Experience and Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention.Ĭsikszentmihalyi was born to a Hungarian family in a city long disputed by Hungary, Italy and Croatia – now called Rijeka and part of Croatia it was, at the time of his birth in 1934 a part of Italy, named Fiume. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a US psychologist at forefront of the field of positive psychology the study of human strengths and how we can have a happy, flourishing life. Pronunciation: Me-high Chick-sent-me-high-ee
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