# Flow experience
Flow experience is an autotelic experience
# Backlinks
- The four major brain systems that maintains a healthy sense of control
- Deactivates under stress. The “reward centre” releases dopamines. Optimal level of dopamines allows Flow experience. It’s harder to want to do something when you dopamine is low, which would happen when you’re under chronic stress.
- Being aware of software engineers Pomodoro activity might reduce distraction
- Flow experience is an important dimension from The Three Dimensions of DevEx for software engineer productivity.