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Psychology
Flow
A state of total immersion in an activity, described by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Characterized by intense concentration, a loss of awareness of time, and a merging of action and consciousness. Different from mindfulness - flow is oriented toward an external task, mindfulness toward inner experience - but both share the absence of rumination and mind-wandering.
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