General
Books
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow: The psychology of happiness- Mihali Csikszentmihalyi
Living in flow – The secret of happiness with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi at Happiness & Its Causes 2014
Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow in Sports. Susan A. Jackson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Nakamura, J., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2002). The concept of flow. Handbook of positive psychology, 89-105
Articles
Zapping the brain to get with the Flow – The Washington Post
Flow: The Secret of Happiness- TED- Czikszentmihalyi
You Need To Get Into Flow: Concentration At Its Best – Forbes Woman
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Professor and Keynote Speaker on Creativity, Innovation & Managing “Flow”
Jackson, S. A., & Marsh, H. W. (1996). Development and validation of a scale to measure optimal experience: The Flow State Scale. Journal of sport and exercise psychology, 18, 17-35
Tenenbaum, G., Fogarty, G. J., & Jackson, S. A. (1999). The flow experience: a Rasch analysis of Jackson’s Flow State Scale. Journal of Outcome Measurement, 3(3), 278-294.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2014). Flow. In Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology (pp. 227-238). Springer Netherlands.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). The contribution of flow to positive psychology.The science of optimism and hope: Research essays in honor of Martin EP Seligman, 387-395.
Yong-ping, P. E. I. (2000). Opinions on the Involvement of Talented People in Colleges and Universities in Social Part-time Jobs and Converted Flow of Personnel. Journal of Chongqing Institute of Technology Management, 6, 034.
LI, W., YUAN, L., & GAO, S. (2013). Research of Dissipative Structure Theory in Real Estate Project Management. Journal of Chengdu University (Natural Science Edition), 1, 028.
Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Csikszentmihalyi, I. S. (1992). Optimal experience: Psychological studies of flow in consciousness. Cambridge university press.
Nakamura, J., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2009). Flow theory and research.Handbook of positive psychology, 195-206.
Schmidt, J. A., Shernoff, D. J., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2014). Individual and situational factors related to the experience of flow in adolescence. Applications of Flow in Human Development and Education (pp. 379-405). Springer Netherlands
The Art of Flow video -The Genome Project
Zapping the brain to get with the Flow – The Washington Post
Is The Secret To Ultimate Human Performance The F-Word?– Steven Kotler- Forbes
Remaining in the Zone – Hamza Khan 99u
What Mel Brooks Can Teach Us about ÔÇ£Group FlowÔÇØ – Greater Good, Berkeley
The Flow State Triggers: How to learn anything, achieve greatness and become the best version of yourself– Ben Austin
Finding Flow. Psychology Today
The Zone. The Huffington Post
The Psychology of focus, performance and success- Red Bull
Sports
Books
The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance – Steven Kotler
The Talent Code – Daniel Coyle
The Art of Flow video -The Genome Project
Khanin, I. L. (Ed.). (2000). Emotions in sport. Human Kinetics.
Articles
Russell, W. (2001). An examination of flow state occurrence in college athletes. Journal of Sport Behaviour, 24(1), 83-107.
Marsh, H. W., & Jackson, S. A. (1999). Flow experience in sport: Construct validation of multidimensional, hierarchical state and trait responses. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 6(4), 343-371.
Jackson, S. A., Thomas, P. R., Marsh, H. W., & Smethurst, C. J. (2001). Relationships between flow, self-concept, psychological skills, and performance. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 13(2), 129-153.
Nakamura, J., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2002). The concept of flow. Handbook of positive psychology, 89-105.
Jackson, S. A. (1996). Toward a conceptual understanding of the flow experience in elite athletes. Research quarterly for exercise and sport, 67(1), 76-90.
Hunter, J., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). The Phenomenology of BodyÔÇÉMind: The Contrasting Cases of Flow in Sports and Contemplation.Anthropology of Consciousness, 11(3ÔÇÉ4), 5-24.
Kimiecik, S. A. J. J. C. (1998). Psychological correlates of flow in sport. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 20, 358-378.
Jackson, S. A. (1995). Factors influencing the occurrence of flow state in elite athletes. Journal of applied sport psychology, 7(2), 138-166.
Stavrou, N. A., Jackson, S. A., Zervas, Y., & Karteroliotis, K. (2007). Flow experience and athletes’ performance with reference to the orthogonal model of flow. Sport Psychologist, 21(4), 438.
Hodge, K., Lonsdale, C., & Jackson, S. A. (2009). Athlete engagement in elite sport: An exploratory investigation of antecedents and consequences. Sport Psychologist, 23(2), 186.
Hunter, J., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). The Phenomenology of BodyÔÇÉMind: The Contrasting Cases of Flow in Sports and Contemplation. Anthropology of Consciousness, 11(3ÔÇÉ4), 5-24.
The Brain-Training Secrets Of Olympic Athletes. The Huffington Post
FIGURE SKATING
Jackson, S. A. (1992). Athletes in flow: A qualitative investigation of flow states in elite figure skaters. Journal of applied sport psychology, 4(2), 161-180.
ADVENTURE
Bone Games: Extreme Sports, Shamanism, Zen, and the Search for Transcendence – Rob Schultheis
GOLF
TENNIS
SURF
West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief – Steven Kotler
BASKETBALL
Driven From Within – Michael Jordan
RECREATIONAL
Stein, G. L., Kimiecik, J. C., Daniels, J., & Jackson, S. A. (1995). Psychological antecedents of flow in recreational sport. Personality and social psychology bulletin, 21(2), 125-135.
NETBALL
Pates, J., Karageorghis, C. I., Fryer, R., & Maynard, I. (2003). Effects of asynchronous music on flow states and shooting performance among netball players. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 4(4), 415-427.
Philosophy
The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World – Owen Flanagan
The Real Buddhist – Facebook page
The Question of God– PBS
YOGA
The Latest Yoga Buzz – Outside Online Magazine
The Science of Breathing – University of New Mexico
Neuroscience
Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True fulfillment.- Gregory Berns
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain – David Eagleman
Martijn Arns, Michiel Kleinnijenhuis, Kamran Fallahpour, & Rien Breteler. Golf Performance Enhancement and Real-Life Neurofeedback Training Using Personalized Event-Locked EEG Profiles, Journal of Neurotherapy: Investigations in Neuromodulation, Neurofeedback and Applied Neuroscience, Volume 11, Issue 4, 2008. pages 11-18
Sherlin, L. (December 2013). Training Super Human Brain Heroes – Psychophysiological Interventions to Enhance Performance. Featured Presenter at the 2013 USA Track & Field National Podium Education Project Coaching Symposium. Indianapolis, IN.
Arthur J. Marr, In the Zone: A biobehavioural A Biobehavioral Theory of the Flow Experience. The Online Journal of Sport Psychology. 2001
David J Vernon, Can Neurofeedback Training Enhance Performance? An Evaluation of the Evidence with Implications for Future Research, Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
December 2005, Volume 30, Issue 4, pp 347-364
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain – David Eagleman
Sherlin, L. H., Larson, N. C., & Sherlin, R. M. (2013). Developing a Performance Brain Training Approach for Baseball: A Process Analysis with Descriptive Data. Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback, 38(1), 29-44.
John Pates, Rachael Oliver & Ian Maynard. The Effects of Hypnosis on Flow States and Golf-Putting Performance. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. Volume 13, Issue 4, 2001 . Pages 341-354.
Dr. Tracy Boynton, Applied Research Using Alpha/Theta Training for Enhancing Creativity and Well-Being, Journal of Neurotherapy: Investigations in Neuromodulation, Neurofeedback and Applied Neuroscience.Volume 5, Issue 1-2, 2001. pages 5-18.
Baumeister, J., Reinecke, K., Liesen, H., & Weiss, M. (2008). Cortical activity of skilled performance in a complex sports related motor task. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 104, 625 631
Hillman, C. H., Apparies, R. J., Janelle, C. M., & Hatfield, B. D. (2000). An electrocortical comparison of executed and rejected shots in skilled marksmen. Biological Psychology, 52, 71 83
Kim, J., Lee, H. M., Kim, W. J., Park, H. J., Kim, S. W., Moon, D. H.,et al. (2008). Neural correlates of pre-performance routines in expert and novice archers. Neuroscience Letters, 445, 236 241.
Deeny, S. P., Haufler, A. J., Saffer, M., & Hatfield, B. D. (2009). Electroencephalographic coherence during visuomotor performance: A comparison of cortico-cortical communication in
experts and novices. Journal of Motor Behavior, 41, 106 116.
Dietrich Lehmann, P.L Fabera, Peter Achermannb, Daniel Jeanmonodc, Lorena R.R Gianottia, Diego Pizzagallid. Brain sources of EEG gamma frequency during volitionally meditation-induced, altered states of consciousness, and experience of the self. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. Volume 108, Issue 2, 30 November 2001, Pages 111 121.
Dietrich, A. (2004). Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the experience of flow. Consciousness and Cognition, 13(4), 746-761.
Raja Parasuraman, R. Andy Mckinley. Using Noninvasive Brain Stimulation to Accelerate Learning and Enhance Human Performance. Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 07/2014; 56(5).
R. Douglas Fields, Myelination: An Overlooked Mechanism of Synaptic Plasticity? Neuroscientist December 2005 11: 528-531,
Armour, J. A. (2008). Potential clinical relevance of the little brain on the mammalian heart. Experimental Physiology, 93(2), 165-176.
How much information processing the brain? – Ciencia em Novo tempo
NEUROCHEMICALS
Dopamine
Gregory Berns, Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment (Henry Holt and Company, 2005), pp. 146-74
Norepinephrine
Herbert Benson & William Proctor The Breakout Principle: How to Activate the Natural Trigger That Maximizes Creativity, Athletic Performance, Productivity and Personal Well-Being (Scribner, 2003), pp. 46 48.
Endorphines
Henning Boecker, Till Sprenger, Mary E. Spilker, Gjermund Henriksen, Marcus Koppenhoefer, Klaus J. Wagner, Michael Valet, Achim Berthele, and Thomas R/ Tolle, ÔÇ£The runners high: Opioidergic Mechanisms in the Human BrainÔÇØ, Cerebral Cortex, 2008, 18(11), pp. 2523-31.
Anandaminde
Arne Dietrich and W. McDaniel, ÔÇ£Engdocannabinoids and exercise,ÔÇØ British Journal of Sports Medicine October 2004, 38(5), pp. 536-41D. A. Raichlen, A.D. Foster, G.L. Gerdeman, A. Seillier, and A. Giuffrida, ÔÇ£Wired to Run: Exercise-Induced Endocannabinoid Signaliing in Humans and Cursorial Mamals with Implications for the Runner High, ÔÇØ Journal of Experimental Biology, 215, 2012, pp. 1331-36
Serotonin
Simon Young, ÔÇ£How to Increase Serotonin in the Human Brain Without Drugs,ÔÇØ Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 2007.
John Ratey and Eric Hagerman, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Little Brown, 2008)
Health
McCraty, R. A. M., & Tomasino, D. (2001). Science of the Heart: Exploring the role of the heart in human performanceÔÇöan overview of research conducted by the Institute of HeartMath. Boulder Creek, CA: Institute of HeartMath. Retrieved January, 10, 2007.
Heart Rate Variability Science – Heart Math
SLEEP
Sleep Cycle– Sleep Tracker
DreamZ – Lucid Dream Tracker
SEX
Urban Tantra – Barbara Carrellas
OneTaste, Orgasmic Meditation & Flow State – Eli Block
Flow & Orgasm -Nicole Deadone
EXERCISE
Better, Faster, Stronger – The New Yorker
Awareness Through Movement – Moshe Feldenkrais
Jackson, S. A., & Eklund, R. C. (2002). Assessing flow in physical activity: the flow state scale-2 and dispositional flow scale-2. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 24(2).
Paluska, S. A., & Schwenk, T. L. (2000). Physical activity and mental health. Sports medicine, 29(3), 167-180
Emtner, M., and K. Larsson. “Post-exertional respiratory problems in asthma are reduced by exercise.” L ñkartidningen 102.9 (2005): 654.
Assessing flow physical activity: The Flow State Scale-2 and Dispositional Flow Scale-2.
Brain Gains: Exercise If You Want To Remember – Outside
Slower heart rate may translate into longer life – Harvard Health
BREATHING
Let Every Breath.. the Secrets of the Russian Breath Masters – Vladimir Vasiliev
Emtner, M., and K. Larsson. “Post-exertional respiratory problems in asthma are reduced by exercise.” L ñkartidningen 102.9 (2005): 654.
Jerath, R., Edry J.W, Barnes, V.A., and Jerath, V. (2006). Physiology of long pranayamic breathing: Neural respiratory elements may provide a mechanism that explains how slow deep breathing shifts the autonomic nervous system. Medical Hypothesis, 67, 566-571.
The Science of Breathing – University of New Mexico
DIET
BeetIt High Nitrate Concentrate – Beet Juice
SUPLEMENTS/ NOOTROPICS
Alpha Brain – Onnit
CILTEP® -Natural Stacks
GADGETS
Motivation
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us – Daniel H. Pink
Hagger, M. S., & Chatzisarantis, N. L. (2007). Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in exercise and sport. Human Kinetics.
Music
Flow Music – Focus @ Will
de Manzano, û., Theorell, T., Harmat, L., & Ull ®n, F. (2010). The psychophysiology of flow during piano playing. Emotion, 10(3), 301.
Pates, J., Karageorghis, C. I., Fryer, R., & Maynard, I. (2003). Effects of asynchronous music on flow states and shooting performance among netball players. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 4(4), 415-427.
Bakker, A. B. (2005). Flow among music teachers and their students: The crossover of peak experiences. Journal of vocational behavior, 66(1), 26-44.
Custodero, L. A. (1998). Observing Flow in Young Children’s Music Learning. General Music Today, 12(1), 21-27.
What Mel Brooks Can Teach Us about ÔÇ£Group FlowÔÇØ – Greater Good, Berkeley
Creativity
Amabile, T. M., Conti, R., Coon, H., Lazenby, J., & Herron, M. (1996). Assessing the work environment for creativity. Academy of management journal, 39(5), 1154-1184.
Kristensen, T. (2004). The physical context of creativity. Creativity and innovation management, 13(2), 89-96.
Hooker, C., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2003). Flow, creativity, and shared leadership. Shared leadership: Reframing the hows and whys of leadership, 217-34.
Jackson, S. A. (2000). Joy, fun, and flow state in sport. Emotions in sport, 135-155.
Collins, M. A., & Amabile, T. M. (1999). I5 motivation and creativity. Handbook of creativity, 297.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1997). Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. HarperPerennial, New York, 39.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1997). Happiness and creativity. The Futurist, 31(5), S8.
Sherry, J. L. (2004). Flow and media enjoyment. Communication Theory,14(4), 328-347.
Hooker, C., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2003). Flow, creativity, and shared leadership. Shared leadership: Reframing the hows and whys of leadership, 217-34.
What Mel Brooks Can Teach Us about ÔÇ£Group FlowÔÇØ – Greater Good, Berkeley
Flow states and creativity – Steven Kotler
Positive Psychology
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2014). Toward a psychology of optimal experience. In Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology (pp. 209-226). Springer Netherlands.
Mindfulness & Meditation
Headspace – Mindfulness
Diaz, F. M. (2013). Mindfulness, attention, and flow during music listening: An empirical investigation. Psychology of Music, 41(1), 42-58.
Wright, J. J., Sadlo, G., & Stew, G. (2006). Challenge-skills and mindfulness: An exploration of the conundrum of flow process. OTJR: Occupation, participation and health, 26(1), 25-32.
Meditation Positive Residual Effects – Harvard News
Consciousness
Altered States of Consciousness – Charles Tart
The Head Trip: Adventures of the Wheel of Consciousness – Jeff Warren
The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size – Tor Nerreranders
Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Self- Improvement
The Way of the SEAL: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed – Mark Devine
The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg
The Science of Enlightenment – Shinzen Young
The Power of Full Engagement – Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz
Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control- Albert Bandura
Finite and Infinite Games – James Carse
The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence– Josh Waitzkin
The Sense Of Being Stared At – Rupert Sheldrake
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Beyond boredom and anxiety. Jossey-Bass.
Zapping the brain to get with the Flow – The Washington Post
Kids
Creative kids learn to Flow. Psychology Today
Eight tips to fostering Flow in the Classroom. Berkley University
Individual and Situational Factors Related to the Experience of Flow in Adolescences– Jennifer A. Schmidt, David J. Shernoff, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Arts
Other
Molecules Of Emotion – Candace Pert
Massimini, F., Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Fave, A. D. (1988). Flow and biocultural evolution. American Psychological Association. (pp. 60-81). New York, NY, US: Cambridge University Press, xiv, 416 pp.
Ericsson, K. A., Krampe, R. T., & Tesch-R Âmer, C. (1993). The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance. Psychological review, 100(3), 363.
Kawabata, M., Mallett, C. J., & Jackson, S. A. (2008). The flow state scale-2 and dispositional flow scale-2: Examination of factorial validity and reliability for Japanese adults. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 9(4), 465-485.
Jackson, S. A., Martin, A. J., & Eklund, R. C. (2008). Long and short measures of flow: The construct validity of the FSS-2, DFS-2, and new brief counterparts. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 30(5), 561.
Brain Zapping The Future of War- BBC
ÔÇ¿Jumper Cables for the Mind – The New York Times
Dogs see us move in Slow Motion -Daily Mail
Sein, M. K., Olfman, L., Bostrom, R. P., & Davis, S. A. (1993). Visualization ability as a predictor of user learning success. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 39(4), 599-620
What Are the Id, Ego, and Superego? – Very Well
Learning To Learn Faster (part 2), Steven Kotler – Forbes
New Study Yields Instructive Results on how mindset affects learning – Stanford News
Purposeful Drift: Making it up as we go along – Richard Oliver
Kohlberg’s Three Levels and Six Stages of Moral Reasoning– Education.com
What the bleep are they on about? – ABC Science
Difference between emotions and feelings – Authentic Systems
Energy Quotes – Goodreads
How Habits work – Charles Duhigg
Nonviolent Communication – Marshall Rosenberg
Situation, Behaviour, Impact Model
Functional Frivolity: Human Brain Evolution and Play- Aaron Blaisdell
Tim Ferris interviewing Josh Waitzkin – The Tim Ferries Show. iTunes Podcast
Tim Ferriss interviewing Jason Silva – The Tim Ferries Show. iTunes Podcast
