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Advantages of Mind Maps

1. Wide Adaptability

Human brain works exactly the way how a mind map grows, thus
allowing mind maps to be use in many occasions involving learning and
arrangement, such as preparing an exam, taking notes, making a book
summary, planning things and organizing structured tasks etc.

2. Convenient Editing

Comparing with traditional linear texts on notebooks, a mind map can
theoretically develop into unlimited branches and levels in structure. It's
easy and convenient to add ideas and information at any time later
rather than squeezing texts into margins of the paper with messily
distributed lines and arrows.

3. Enhance Memory
In addition to the radiant structure, the mapper can insert images and
symbols to his map as he likes. These personalized elements are prone
to make things easier to memorize.
4. Get People Focused

In the layout of a mind map, things delve from hypernym into hyponym.
Such a structure help you focus on the links and relationships between
ideas. In this case, you get comprehensive information instead of
scattered facts.

5. Concise Information

Since the topic texts of mind maps are keywords and short phrases, a
mind map is a great aid in condensing plenty of information. For
example, when preparing the final exam, it is much more time-saving to
review knowledge on a mind map than read the whole book.

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