Characteristics of Flow: Intense Focus, Lost Self-Awareness, and Distorted Time

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Identify the key experiential features of flow, including merging of action and awareness, loss of self-consciousness, and altered perception of time.

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Flow States and Optimal Consciousness

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-FL-SS

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Explain the psychological characteristics, neurological basis, conditions, and real-world applications of flow states as optimal states of consciousness.

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SS.912.P.5.14Florida Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe flow states.