“Classic” Theory Spin-off: Flow Is A Supervising Director Mode

A related theory based on recent research on the neuroscience of creativity is that flow occurs when the brain’s “default-mode network,” a collection of brain areas that work together when a person daydreams or introspects, generates ideas under the supervision of the “executive control network” in the brain’s frontal lobes, which directs the kinds of ideas the default-mode network produces. The analogy would be that of a person “supervising” a TV by picking the movie it streams.