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You can find the flow – and scientists can measure it

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DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2023/03/you-can-find-the-flow-and-scientists-can-measure-it/

Sometimes you become so absorbed in a task that you forget everything else. We call it finding the flow. A new test can measure it.

You know when you’ve found the flow. You experience it when you are doing something that engages you so fully that time seems to fly by. Maybe it’s a job, or something completely different, like chess or computer games or football or shovelling snow.

But flow is not just an expression that people use. It has been a concept used by psychologists for almost 50 years, because finding the flow can be useful for people.

“Finding the flow zone can be important when teachers have to adapt their instruction. If we find the flow, we’ve also found the right level for the students,” says Hermundur Sigmundsson, a professor in the Department of Psychology at NTNU.

A new test from NTNU can measure flow. This is useful in several contexts. Sigmundsson has collaborated with research fellow Magdalena Elnes to develop the test.

DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2023/03/you-can-find-the-flow-and-scientists-can-measure-it/
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