How Mind Mapping Comes About ?

by Rowan Theodore
Goarticles.com


Centrally located key word or idea is surrounded or encircled with links to depict some kind of thoughts or words or assignments or concepts in diagrammatic representation is called mind mapping. Usage of mind mapping utilized in learning, problem solving, decision making , organization and also writing to create, imagine, construct and classifying concepts.
Mind Mapping has parts that are formed instinctively with respect to the significance of the ideas and classifications are made as groups, branching or areas with an aim to depict semantics or other connecting elements between information portions. Mind mapping also helps for the recollection of memories existing.
Exhibiting concepts in a non dimensional way with radial and graphical manner, mind mapping derive solutions to problems of programming and tasks for organizations. Although the areas of a mind map exhibit tree like hierarchical structures but their arrangement shown in a radial manner changing hierarchical arrangements typically associated with straight visual signals. This depiction in solving problems inspires users to relate and connect ideas without inclination to start within a specific ideological frame works. Mind Mapping differs from Concept mapping. Mind Mapping involves hierarchies based radially and tree formations relates to connections with centrally located nucleus idea. Concept mapping is more of connecting ideas in more different ways.
Educationists, psychologists, engineers and doctors used mind mapping for centuries in understanding, problem solving, and imagination and so on. Earliest forms of mind maps was created by a notable thinker of third century named Porphyry of Tyros with graphical representation he had depicted Aristotle. Ramon Llull a famous philosopher used mind mapping (1235-1315). In the late 1950s semantics study was developed to study human understanding with developers Allan Collins and M. Ross Qullian found mind mapping during 1960's. With dedication and commitment to work along with studying, developing also graphical manner Allan Collins is recognized as father of the modern mind mapping.
Renowned British author of psychology Tony Buzan asserts that he found modern mind mapping. He drew the inspiration from Alfred Korzybski's very popular in general semantics with science fiction stories. Tony Buzan claims while readers reading in traditional form see left to right and top to bottom but in mind mapping readers really tends to study the entire page in single dimension. British popular psychology author Tony Buzan claims to have invented modern mind mapping. He claimed the idea was inspired by Alfred Korzybski's general semantics as popularized in science fiction novels, such as those of Robert A. Heinlein and A. E. van Vogt. Buzan argues that while 'traditional' outlines force readers to scan left to right and top to bottom, readers actually tend to scan the entire page in a non-linear fashion. Buzan makes with assumptions on cerebral hemisphere to promote the exclusive mind mapping over the other note making forms.
Mind mapping is still in use for various applications include studying and education involving Mind webs, Webs or Webbing, programming and in engineering diagramming. Mind mapping has one central word located at the centre with links formed radially with tree structures and differs from Concept Map developed in 1970s