The document discusses mind mapping techniques for doctoral researchers. It provides a brief history of mind mapping and outlines some of its key benefits. These include using both sides of the brain for creative and logical thinking, making new connections between ideas, and capturing ideas in a visual web-like structure that is fast and easy to create. Examples of basic mind map structures are also presented.

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Mind Mapping for Doctoral
Researchers
Steve Simplay (BEng Hons, ,MSc, CEng, MIET)
19/9/12

2. Overview
• History of mind mapping?
• 3D View of the Brain
• Creativity studies
• What is a mindmap?
• Benefits of a mindmaps?
• Mindmap parts / creation
• Example 1
• Example 2
• Questions?

3. History of mind mapping?
• Tony Buzan was born in London 1942, and
graduated from the University of British Columbia
1964.
• While developing his understanding of the human
mind he studied psychology, neuro-physiology,
neuro – linguistics, semantics, information, etc.
• In 1971, he realized that through a computer came a
manual, the human brain much more powerful than
computers.
• Radiant thinking of the brain

4. 3D view of the Brain
Source - Lumos Labs

5. Creativity Studies

6. What is a Mindmap?
• A mindmap is a visual way of organizing
ideas in a web-like structure.

7. Why mindmap?
• Use right brain (visual, intuitive) as well as
left brain (logical, linear)
• Make new connections between ideas
• Fast and easy to create
• Easy to learn
• Capture every connection
• Fun to do

8. Mindmap Parts / Creation
• Center word / image
• Branches
• Sub-branches – less important info
• Add sub-branches, associate ideas
• Single keywords / phrases
• Images and color

9. Benefits of Mindmaps
• Visual
• Easy to connect “distant ideas”
• Easy recall of information
• Brain dump first, then easy to rearrange
ideas
• Creative thinking

10. Example 1

11. Example 2

12. Questions