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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Hungarian-American psychologist who originated the theory of flow, former head of the psychology department at the University of Chicago and Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University.

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Lived
1934–2021
Class
researcher
Links

Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday LifeBook · 1997Csikszentmihalyi's accessible distillation of his flow research, applied to the psychology of optimal experience in everyday life.Flow: The Psychology of Optimal ExperienceBook · 1990Csikszentmihalyi's foundational 1990 book introducing flow theory based on decades of empirical psychological research at the University of Chicago. Distinct from his 1997 popular companion *Finding Flow* (csikszentmihalyi-finding-flow.md): Flow is the canonical theoretical text; Finding Flow applies the theory to everyday life.

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