[MUD-Dev] 3rd Axis for Bartle's 2 axis theory of MUD players

[Rayzam]

From: "Dave Rickey" <daver at mythicentertainment.com>
> From: <Daniel.Harman at barclayscapital.com>

>> Isn't flow just another word for concentration? 'Flow' has a few
>> too many mystical connotations to me :)

> Perhaps the mystical connotations are appropriate?  Anyway, it's
> partly concentration.  There have been some medical studies on the
> phenomenon, at a neurological level it's more like all
> non-essential conscious brain activity has been turned off, and
> whatever functions are required for the task at hand have been
> given full use of the wetware.

There have been studies of the brains of people imagining
activities.  When expert athletes imagine themselves performing
their sport, they get a larger alpha wave rhythm [which appears in
sleep and drowsiness for us non-olympians ;)]. They also get
increased frontal lobe, i.e. executive functions, decision-making,
and other choice-type functions, activation. One group showed the
same for heavy duty FPS-players.

    rayzam
    www.travellingbard.com



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