Think back to a time when you were completely immersed in something you loved doing. Maybe you were writing, painting, working, or playing an instrument. The world around you faded, and time seemed to ...

The rather quaint term “brainstorming” was coined by Alex Osborn in 1953 in his book Applied Imagination: Principles and Procedures of Creative Thinking. Osborn was a businessman and creativity ...

Flow, or being “in the zone,” is a state of amped-up creativity, enhanced productivity, and blissful consciousness that, some psychologists believe, is also the secret to happiness. It’s considered ...

Science has discovered a new mental strategy to enhance the power of flow states. Here’s what you need to know. A new study published in Personality and Individual Differences explores how ...