flow (psychology)
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Flow (psychology) is a mental state of deep immersion and focused engagement in an activity, where people lose track of time and self-consciousness while performing at their optimal level.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| flow (psychology) canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10883377 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: flow (psychology) Context triple: [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, knownFor, flow (psychology)]
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A.
Dynamics in Psychology
"Dynamics in Psychology" is a seminal work by Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Köhler that explores the underlying dynamic processes of perception, learning, and behavior in the human mind.
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B.
Feel
"Feel" is a 2002 pop ballad by British singer Robbie Williams, known for its emotive lyrics and powerful vocal performance, and is one of his signature hits.
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C.
Focus
"Focus" is a track from the album "Afrodisiac," known for its smooth R&B production and introspective lyrical themes.
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D.
Focus
Focus is a 1961 jazz album by saxophonist Stan Getz, renowned for its innovative blend of cool jazz improvisation with string orchestra arrangements.
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E.
Focus
Focus is a 2015 romantic crime comedy-drama film starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie as con artists entangled in high-stakes schemes and a complicated relationship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: flow (psychology) Target entity description: Flow (psychology) is a mental state of deep immersion and focused engagement in an activity, where people lose track of time and self-consciousness while performing at their optimal level.
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A.
Dynamics in Psychology
"Dynamics in Psychology" is a seminal work by Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Köhler that explores the underlying dynamic processes of perception, learning, and behavior in the human mind.
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B.
Feel
"Feel" is a 2002 pop ballad by British singer Robbie Williams, known for its emotive lyrics and powerful vocal performance, and is one of his signature hits.
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C.
Focus
"Focus" is a track from the album "Afrodisiac," known for its smooth R&B production and introspective lyrical themes.
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D.
Focus
Focus is a 1961 jazz album by saxophonist Stan Getz, renowned for its innovative blend of cool jazz improvisation with string orchestra arrangements.
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E.
Focus
Focus is a 2015 romantic crime comedy-drama film starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie as con artists entangled in high-stakes schemes and a complicated relationship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mental state
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optimal experience ⓘ psychological concept ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
being in the zone
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flow state ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
artistic performance
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creativity ⓘ educational activities ⓘ engagement at work ⓘ happiness ⓘ intrinsic motivation ⓘ learning ⓘ mindfulness-like attention ⓘ musical performance ⓘ peak performance ⓘ sports performance ⓘ video game play ⓘ well-being ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
balance between challenge and skill
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clear goals ⓘ deep immersion in an activity ⓘ distorted sense of time ⓘ focused attention ⓘ high level of task engagement ⓘ immediate feedback ⓘ intense concentration ⓘ intrinsic enjoyment of the activity ⓘ loss of self-consciousness ⓘ merging of action and awareness ⓘ reduced awareness of bodily needs ⓘ sense of control over actions ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
anxiety
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apathy ⓘ boredom ⓘ |
| definedBy | Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ⓘ |
| describedIn | Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience ⓘ |
| field | psychology ⓘ |
| occursWhen |
challenges are high and skills are high
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task difficulty matches personal skill level ⓘ |
| outcome |
enhanced learning
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greater life satisfaction ⓘ high-quality performance ⓘ |
| requires |
clear goals
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concentration on the task at hand ⓘ immediate feedback ⓘ intrinsic motivation for the activity ⓘ perceived balance between challenge and skills ⓘ sense of control over the situation ⓘ |
| selfPerception | reduced self-evaluation ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
educational psychology
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organizational psychology ⓘ positive psychology ⓘ sports psychology ⓘ |
| timePerception | time passes quickly ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: flow (psychology) Description of subject: Flow (psychology) is a mental state of deep immersion and focused engagement in an activity, where people lose track of time and self-consciousness while performing at their optimal level.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.