Mind map

A mind map about the cubital fossa or elbow pit, including an illustration of the central concept

A mind map is a diagram used to visually organize information into a hierarchy, showing relationships among pieces of the whole.[1] It is often based on a single concept, drawn as an image in the center of a blank page, to which associated representations of ideas such as images, words and parts of words are added. Major ideas are connected directly to the central concept, and other ideas branch out from those major ideas.

Mind maps can also be drawn by hand, either as "notes" during a lecture, meeting or planning session, for example, or as higher quality pictures when more time is available. Mind maps are considered to be a type of spider diagram.[2]

  1. ^ Hopper, Carolyn H. (2007). "Mapping". Practicing College Learning Strategies (4th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 139–143. ISBN 978-0618643783. OCLC 70880063.
  2. ^ "Mind Map noun - definition in the British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionaries Online". Dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2013-07-10.

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