Course support for May 3rd

1. Mind-Mapping
Intelligence and Creativity
Lee SCHLENKER
Nicolas CHARLET
May 3, 2018

2. Rules Club
• Tomas Rule – 1798 Oyster Bar
• In over 200 years, spanning
the reigns of nine monarchs, it
has been owned by only three
families
• Charles Dickens, H G Wells,
Charles Laughton, Clark Gable,
Charlie Chaplin
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3. Tony Buzan
• Promotor of
mnemonic systems
and mind mapping
• 1970s series Use Your
Head
• A popular
psychology author
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4. Social Network
Theory
• How does work actually get
done?
• 6 degrees of separation
• Power laws
• Fat tails
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5. ©2018 Lee Schlenker
Linear vs Associative Logic
Association plays a dominant role in
nearly every mental function, and
words themselves are no exception
Every single word, and idea has
numerous links attaching it to other
ideas and concepts.
The Human Brain

6. What is
intelligence?
• Which part of our brain
is responsible for
memory?
• A neuron from a
mouse hippocampus
• The synapses are
labelled in yellow and
red.
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7. The subject of attention is
crystallised in a central image
The main themes of the
subject radiate from the
central image as branches
Branches comprise a key
image or key word printed on
an associated line.
Enrich Mind Maps with colour,
pictures, codes which will aid
creativity, memory and recall.
Basic Principles
University of Huddersfield

8. Guidelines
• A Mind Map
should be organic.
• Each branch
should contain
only one word.
• Word Length
should equal
Branch Length
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