Examining the attentional mechanisms responsible for flow experiences
Project lead: Dr David Harris
Flow is an experience of intense focus on the task at hand. As flow is linked to enjoyment, motivation and enhanced performance, studying the factors that produce flow may allow a better understanding of optimal human performance in sport, work or education.
Dr David Harris’ PhD thesis aimed to examine the attentional mechanisms responsible for the experience of flow. By adopting objective psychophysiological techniques, like heart rate monitoring and head-mounted eye-tracking, in sporting and computer gaming tasks we were able to study changes in attention during flow.
