Spider Diagram: The most common type, featuring a central idea with related subtopics radiating outward. This is my go-to for most mind mapping. Flowchart: I use this more often in business to ...

As challenges arise, they may merit another mind map or you might resolve them after drilling down with a few more questions. There are no rules here – let your whole brain guide you to the answers!

Gaming in VR is great, but there’s huge potential for the tech to be used for productivity too. One early stab at that is Noda, a mind mapping tool for the Vive and Rift. A mind map is a type of ...

Philip Chambers, current world mind-mapping champion and an accelerated-learning trainer at Learning Technologies in Staines, Middlesex, UK, said mind maps used more of the brain's resources. "While ...