What is a Flow State? A Cognitive Psychology Podcast Episode.

Ever since I received my Spotify wrap for The Psychology World Podcast in December 2025 and noted that there's a large audience overlap between myself and a motorcycling podcast, I've been interested in learning more about the flow state. Then after watching the curling at the winter Olympics amongst other sports, I kept hearing the sports commentators mentioning the flow state time after time, as well as during the psychology news section of The Psychology World Podcast, I covered the psychology of the autistic flow state. Therefore, as you can see the flow state is important in so many different areas of our life. As a result, by the end of this cognitive psychology podcast episode, you'll understand what is the flow state, how to achieve a flow state and so much more. If you're interested in boosting your productivity, cognitive psychology and more, then this will be a great episode for you.

In the psychology news section, you'll learn about a new study that identifies a potential biomarker for cognitive fatigue, how reframing uncertainty could help people embrace rather than reject diversity, and why "pretty privilege" is a less noticed form of discrimination compared to other forms.

In the personal update, Connor discusses the importance of social systems for psychologists drawing on Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory.

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