Optimal Experience: Psychological Studies of Flow in Consciousness
- ISBN-10
- 0521438098
- ISBN-13
- 9780521438094
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992-07-31
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi
Description
A comprehensive survey of study on the 'flow' experience, a desirable or optimal state of consciousness that enhances the psychic state.
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