In one of the Tony Buzan books he talks about list of words memorization. His test illustrates a mechanism mind mapping based on.
Let’s try to do it.
1. Try to memorize a list of 20 words in 5 minutes. I tried and it was only 7 words (((.
2. Think out what object does an each number look like? It is about 1-10 numbers. For other 1-10 numbers try to think out a rhyme. For example, for me 1 looks like a baseball bat. For better use – mind map your associations using pictures.
3. Try to compare your words with your associations and rhymes. Compose it into single sentence. For example, if your number is one and your word is “egg”, you may write something like “The egg was broken by the bat”.)))
As interesting – I really memorized all words!
According to this we may conclude all this:
- associations and pictures are one of the most powerful methods for thinking;
- we use this method not so often and we get used to think with words and it is not so good as it could be;
- mind mapping allows us to combine both of these methods and increase our effectiveness.