A Transcranial Stimulation Intervention to Support Flow State Induction
Background: Flow states are considered a positive, subjective experience during an optimal balance between skills and task demands. Previously, experimentally induced flow experiences have relied solely on adaptive tasks.Objective: To investigate whether cathodal transcranial direct current stimulat...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-08-01
|
| Series: | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00274/full |
| _version_ | 1818454035144900608 |
|---|---|
| author | Joshua Gold Joseph Ciorciari |
| author_facet | Joshua Gold Joseph Ciorciari |
| author_sort | Joshua Gold |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Background: Flow states are considered a positive, subjective experience during an optimal balance between skills and task demands. Previously, experimentally induced flow experiences have relied solely on adaptive tasks.Objective: To investigate whether cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) area and anodal tDCS over the right parietal cortex area during video game play will promote an increased experience of flow states.Methods: Two studies had participants play Tetris or first-person shooter (FPS) video games while receiving either real tDCS or sham stimulation. Tetris recruited 21 untrained players who infrequently played video games while the 11 FPS participants played FPS frequently. Flow experience was assessed before and after stimulation.Results: Compared to sham stimulation, real stimulation increased flow experience for both untrained Tetris and trained FPS players. Improved performance effects were only seen with untrained groups.Conclusion: Cathodal and anodal tDCS over the left DLPFC and right parietal areas, respectively may encourage flow experiences in complex real-life motor tasks that occur during sports, games, and everyday life. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-14T21:48:28Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-dbcbef0fc1a742d393e6c44d2c067cec |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1662-5161 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-14T21:48:28Z |
| publishDate | 2019-08-01 |
| publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
| spelling | doaj.art-dbcbef0fc1a742d393e6c44d2c067cec2022-12-21T22:46:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612019-08-011310.3389/fnhum.2019.00274461259A Transcranial Stimulation Intervention to Support Flow State InductionJoshua Gold0Joseph Ciorciari1Centre for Mental Health, Swinburne Neuroimaging (SNI), Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, AustraliaDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, AustraliaBackground: Flow states are considered a positive, subjective experience during an optimal balance between skills and task demands. Previously, experimentally induced flow experiences have relied solely on adaptive tasks.Objective: To investigate whether cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) area and anodal tDCS over the right parietal cortex area during video game play will promote an increased experience of flow states.Methods: Two studies had participants play Tetris or first-person shooter (FPS) video games while receiving either real tDCS or sham stimulation. Tetris recruited 21 untrained players who infrequently played video games while the 11 FPS participants played FPS frequently. Flow experience was assessed before and after stimulation.Results: Compared to sham stimulation, real stimulation increased flow experience for both untrained Tetris and trained FPS players. Improved performance effects were only seen with untrained groups.Conclusion: Cathodal and anodal tDCS over the left DLPFC and right parietal areas, respectively may encourage flow experiences in complex real-life motor tasks that occur during sports, games, and everyday life.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00274/fullflowpsychophysiologytDCSneuromodulationdecision making |
| spellingShingle | Joshua Gold Joseph Ciorciari A Transcranial Stimulation Intervention to Support Flow State Induction Frontiers in Human Neuroscience flow psychophysiology tDCS neuromodulation decision making |
| title | A Transcranial Stimulation Intervention to Support Flow State Induction |
| title_full | A Transcranial Stimulation Intervention to Support Flow State Induction |
| title_fullStr | A Transcranial Stimulation Intervention to Support Flow State Induction |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Transcranial Stimulation Intervention to Support Flow State Induction |
| title_short | A Transcranial Stimulation Intervention to Support Flow State Induction |
| title_sort | transcranial stimulation intervention to support flow state induction |
| topic | flow psychophysiology tDCS neuromodulation decision making |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00274/full |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT joshuagold atranscranialstimulationinterventiontosupportflowstateinduction AT josephciorciari atranscranialstimulationinterventiontosupportflowstateinduction AT joshuagold transcranialstimulationinterventiontosupportflowstateinduction AT josephciorciari transcranialstimulationinterventiontosupportflowstateinduction |