Mind Mapping Introduction
Creative Thinking and MindMaps
A Mind Map Enables One:
- To clear the mind of paradigms, thus providing space for new creative thought
- To capture and develop “flashes” of insight when they occur
- To explore all the creative possibilities of a given subject
- To encourage more consistent creative thinking
- To create new conceptual frameworks within which previous ideas can be reorganized
- To plan creatively
Why Mind Map?
- Disadvantages of traditional linear notes:
- Energy and time wasted writing down superfluous words
- Other information may be missed while noting down one idea
- Take longer to read and review
- Associations and connections between key words and ideas not readily apparent
–Attention wanders easily
–Lack of color and other visual qualities handicap memory
Mind Map – Basics
- Mind maps work the way the brain works
–Not in nice neat lines - Memory is naturally associative, not linear
–Any idea probably has thousands of links in your mind. Mind maps allow associations and links to be recorded and reinforced - The mind remembers key words and images, not sentences
–Try recalling just one sentence from memory! Mind maps use just key words and key images, allowing more information to be put on a page - Mind maps are more visual and depict associations between key words, they are much easier to recall than linear notes
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