The 10% brain myth—that we use only 10% of our brains and flow involves the full brain on overdrive—is exactly backwards; in flow we use less of the brain, not more, through a process called transient hypofrontality.

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Steven Kotler

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In flow, we're not using more of the brain, we're actually using less of the brain. The technical term for this is transient hypofrontality

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How To Get Into The Flow State | Steven KotlerMindvalley Talks
Created: 8/13/2026, 3:26:31 AM

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