What are Mind Maps?
Mind Mapping is a powerful, graphic technique that integrates both the left and the right brain skills to create a radiant structure that mimics the way our brain works.
Here is an example of a Mind Map:
The above Mind Map is about the kind of food that a person likes and dislikes. As you can see, it is very colorful and uses images. This image will stick in your mind and is much more powerful than a regular text.
British Psychologist and University Professor Tony Buzan founded the Mind Map technique. During his lectures, he realized that much as he was teaching about the impact of association and images on memory and learning, his own lecture notes were devoid of the same. So in trying to bridge the gap between theory and practice, he gained a greater understanding of the learning process of the brain that led him to develop the new technique - Mind Mapping.
What is so unique about this Mind Map technique?
Mind Mapping explores the parallel processing ability of our brain. When you think of a word, for example, "RAIN", doesn't it immediately trigger a line of associated thoughts? You will find images, associations, ideas, etc., all running concurrently just upon thinking the word. A particular incident during the rain, or event is immediately connected, when we think upon the word ‘rain’ the next time. This association is parallel processing, which leads to a stream of other related and connected links. This reveals just one aspect of the power and dynamics of our brain working process.
Reading is a very linear process, meaning when we read we process words or phrases one after another. Our brain does not excel at linear processing. Even a simple $5 calculator can beat our brain in linear mathematical calculations. However, our brain is extremely fast in parallel processing tasks like recognizing faces and identifying patterns. Even the fastest computers on the face of the earth cannot match our brain in its parallel processing capability. Mind Mapping uses these and other powerful functional elements of our brain and that accounts for the significance of Mind Mapping as a learning, memory and creative tool.
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