Editing Mind map (section)

{{about|the visual diagram|the geographical concept|Mental mapping}}
{{Short description|Diagram to visually organize information}}
[[File:Cubital Fossa2.png|thumb|275px|A mind map about the [[cubital fossa]] or elbow pit, including an [[illustration]] of the central concept]]
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A '''mind map''' is a  [[diagram]] used to visually organize information into a [[hierarchy]], showing relationships among pieces of the whole.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hopper |first=Carolyn H. |date=2007 |chapter=Mapping |title=Practicing College Learning Strategies |edition=4th |location=Boston |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin]] |pages=[https://archive.org/details/practicingcolleg00caro_0/page/139 139–143] |isbn=978-0618643783 |oclc=70880063 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/practicingcolleg00caro_0/page/139 |chapter-url-access=registration}}</ref> 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 [[Tree structure|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 [[Concept map|spider diagram]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/mind-map?q=mind+map |title=Mind Map noun - definition in the British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionaries Online |publisher=Dictionary.cambridge.org |access-date=2013-07-10}}</ref>