what do you think about mind mapping? is this effective or just a waste of time?
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As a technique, I've found it to be very helpful and keep it in my repetoire among other study and decision making aids.\n\nI probably picked it up shortly after Tony Buzan first presented it. I consider it a valid form of "blue sky" thinking and use it when I'm committed to some project and no ideas or motivation are coming. It beats the rigid framework of outlining for generating new ideas. I'll often combine them, though, starting with mind mapping and once thoughts start to gel moving on to outlining or scheduling.
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Yes.  The human mind is just an incredibly complex computer which can manufacture it's own connections.  All we need to do is get the software and hardware sides of our current technology up to the level of our brains and beyond...  Easier said than done, I know.
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Yes.  I did some double blind tests in High school which objectively could be written off any number of ways, except that as the recipient of one experiment, the experience was so profound, I came away a believer.\n\nOur experiment was that one person was to go to sleep at a particular hour, with a radio playing pop music softly in the room.  The other person, about an hour later, across town was to try to send a telepathic message to wake up when a certain popular song was played.  The recipient did not know what song was selected.  When/if the recipient woke up, he was to write down whatever song was playing.\n\nWe had a pretty high hit rate.  As the subject of one round I remember being in a deep sleep, dreaming, when the opening bars of the theme from Star Wars (this was about 1977) ripped through my dreams like an explosion and yanked me instantly and fully awake.  It was about 2:30 am, and as a 14 year old I NEVER woke in the middle of the night.  The mere sound didn't do it, the radio was on so softly you could barely hear it, but that song woke me up like the orchestra was right in the room with me.  The next day we confirmed that the suggestion was indeed to wake when star wars played.\n\nAnd all that crap about we use only 10% of our brain is just that: a lot of crap.  Most of the brain power you're "not using" is being used to perform tasks below your conscious level to even enable you to be conscious!  Far more than 10% of the brain is used just in processing visual stimuli.  Same with language and communication processing.  Stop and think of the hideous amount of firmware necessary to run - perfectly - for me to be able to process my thoughts into language, and then translate them into finger motions over a keybopard at the incredible rate of 60wpm just to write this message.  Just reading this message takes up more than 10% of your brainpower before you even get to the point where you can think about what it says.
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mental telepathy........
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I did not take this specific course in college however I have studied it extensively since I have been practicing. I honestly believe it supplies more answers than many of the theorist were able to provide.  It of course is used in conjunction with theories in practice but there is honestly an area you miss out if you don't cover it.  Try reading Molecules of Emotion, I can't think of the author, she writes in a way that is very down to earth and yet really explores the impact of emotion on neurochemistry.  From their it is easier to expand into the concepts of behavior.
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Y'all are placing too much emphasis on the prefrontal cortex.  People with damage to that reason have trouble with things like planning and being socially aware, but the area is not the only one involved in higher thought.  the language centers, for instance, are also involved, and arguably the regions of the brain that might relate to the subject of the question are active.\n\nI don't think one can reasonably localize the process of asking questions to a single locus in the brain.
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This works! The Silva Mind Control Method. Google it.
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in a proper way using your brain
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Can someone explain to me the satisfaction gained in "proving" what is known to be untrue and can only be "proved" by disguising the deception involved. Is it the appeal of "Magic" conjuring tricks? \n\nDividing by zero is simply a sleight of hand which any half-educated person knows is not a legitimate move you can make. So all such "proofs" are at pains to disguise that is what they are doing. And once spotted, are revealed to be a hollow sham.\n\nTHIS DOESN'T SEEM A USEFUL WAY FOR ANYONE TO SPEND THEIR TIME, TO ME!
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the human mind has the ability to rede answers that hav been typed incorectly. It is a function of the perceptive portion of the brane to translate leters in2 words. Please do not hesitate to bring this to the attentin to your favorite teacher once you have apppreci8ted its full effects!!!
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I used once, and at first I thought it was working, but it was all in my head.A waste of money.\nJust accept the way you are and be happy.
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I have tried it, nothing bad, but I didn't really ever use it.  I don't think it's really worth time time unless you really need the extra organization.
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If you mean does reflexology work??? then I can tell you that from my own experience it definitely seems to do so. I have used books to give my son with ADHD treatments and also myself. Just by following the pictures and target zones, you may be surprised at what it does. If you are looking for a Reflexologist....no ideas there and probably a lot cheaper and easier to get an illustrated book and do it yourself.
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There are two great tools I've discovered. If only I had known about these when I was in school...\n\n1) MindMapping by Tony Buzon\n\n2) PhotoReading by Paul Scheele\n\nI don't know what I'd do with that pile of computer books that seems to continuously grow as technology changes, if I didn't have these techniques at my disposal.
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http://www.peterussell.com/mindmaps/mindmap.html\n\nGo to the bottom of that link.  MIND MAP SOFTWARE
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I am doctor, what I should suggest is to consult some psychiatrist rather then general physcian. Once discussing same " thought blocking" illusion with a professor, he advised to have "short thoughts" rather than making big plans. So I would say you must have small plans, short acting plans and things which you can get within hours, days or weeks. This will promote your thinking abilities. Contrary, if you make big plans, your "thought blocking" illusion will be multiplied. ( sorry for spellings as I am in hurry)
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try this link to make it clearer and to get a more scientific idea of it:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_mapping