Investigating the Neural Correlates of the Subjective Flow Experience During Game Play: an EEG Study
Núñez Castellar, E. P., Antons, J.-N. & Van Looy, J.
Poster presented at the annual congress of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2015), Honolulu, USA
Abstract
Flow experience, characterized by deep immersion and complete engagement in a task, is highly recognized for its positive psychological impacts. However, previous studies have been restricted to using a single type of task, and the exploration of its neural correlates has been limited. This study aimed to explore the neural correlates of flow experience with the employment of multifaceted flow-induction tasks. Six tasks spanning mindfulness, artistic tasks, free recall, and varying levels of Tetris complexity (easy, flow, and hard conditions) were employed to have relatively complete coverage of the known flow-induction tasks for a better induction of individualized flow experience. Twenty-eight participants were recruited to perform these six tasks with a single-channel prefrontal EEG recording. Significant positive correlations were observed between the subjective flow scores of the individual’s best-flow-experience task and the EEG activities at the delta, gamma, and theta bands, peaking at latencies around 2 min after task onset. The outcomes of regression analysis yield a maximum R2 of 0.163. Our findings report the EEG correlates of flow experience in naturalistic settings and highlight the potential of portable and unobtrusive EEG technology for an objective measurement of flow experience.
Record
- Reference
[OC3]in the Publikationsverzeichnis - TypeConference paper
- Year2015
- Research linePsychophysiology & Behavioural Measurement
- Identifier
2015-06-01-OC3
BibTeX
@inproceedings{voigtantons2015oc3,
author = {Núñez Castellar, E. P. and Antons, J.-N. and Van Looy, J.},
title = {Investigating the Neural Correlates of the Subjective Flow Experience During Game Play: an EEG Study},
year = {2015},
booktitle = {Poster presented at the annual congress of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2015), Honolulu, USA},
url = {https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/6/1894},
}