2024
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1354719
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Forgetting ourselves in flow: an active inference account of flow states and how we experience ourselves within them

Darius Parvizi-Wayne,
Lars Sandved-Smith,
Riddhi J. Pitliya
et al.

Abstract: Flow has been described as a state of optimal performance, experienced universally across a broad range of domains: from art to athletics, gaming to writing. However, its phenomenal characteristics can, at first glance, be puzzling. Firstly, individuals in flow supposedly report a loss of self-awareness, even though they perform in a manner which seems to evince their agency and skill. Secondly, flow states are felt to be effortless, despite the prerequisite complexity of the tasks that engender them. In this … Show more

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“…The question of whether active inference can account for so-called pre-reflective self-awareness -i.e., the "for-me-ness" immanent (and yet not objectified) in experience -is beyond the scope of this paper and ought to be explored elsewhere (cf.,Parvizi-Wayne et al, 2024). This is not something that Hohwy and Michael (2017) consider: indeed, they argue that "the self is identical to these causes" (p. 8), without justifying how this gives rise to subjectivity and not (merely) the sense of self-asobject, to which certain features or contents are attributed (cf.,Hohwy & Michael, 2017, p. 27;Legrand & Ruby, 2009).…”
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“…The question of whether active inference can account for so-called pre-reflective self-awareness -i.e., the "for-me-ness" immanent (and yet not objectified) in experience -is beyond the scope of this paper and ought to be explored elsewhere (cf.,Parvizi-Wayne et al, 2024). This is not something that Hohwy and Michael (2017) consider: indeed, they argue that "the self is identical to these causes" (p. 8), without justifying how this gives rise to subjectivity and not (merely) the sense of self-asobject, to which certain features or contents are attributed (cf.,Hohwy & Michael, 2017, p. 27;Legrand & Ruby, 2009).…”
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confidence: 99%