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In fact, Decision Explorer® also allows other categorisation to be stored (using a facility called ‘sets’). Thus you can indicate that a particular idea is a goal, or an option etc. Similar to the coloured pen used by some mappers, it allows you to categorise ideas visibly. Styles are also available in Decision Explorer®. Concepts, as used in Decision Explorer®, are therefore entered as “hot … boiling”, unlike the simple phrases of mind-mapping.ĭecision Explorer® also allows a few other varieties of concept, and you can also default a single-pole concept to be displayed as “hot … hot” when that suits. However, if the word “boiling” is used as the contrast, then the meaning is changed, and information accuracy improved.

For example, the word “hot” invokes different meanings in different people – the opposite may be “cold”. The bi-polar feature is important, because it adds contextual richness to the information. Thoughts are held as concepts, which are short “bi-polar” phrases. This is a method of creating a model of the world, which uses concepts and links.

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Their full meaning is gained from the connections to other thoughts.Ĭognitive mapping is based on a “Personal construct” theory (Kelly). The ideas in mind maps are short phrases, again designed to improve retention. Mind map “links” are usually passive though, not representing anything more than connectivity. The key to mind-mapping is that the map is a representation of information, ideas being connected to each other, which can help with retention and learning. They are however, different in some fundamental ways. Mind-Mapping ComparisonĪt first glance, the ‘cognitive mapping’ technique used by Decision Explorer® appears to be very similar to that known as ‘mind-mapping’. The second paper,” What’s in a Name?” is a comparison of the Cognitive mapping, mind mapping and concept mapping techniques.

The first paper, here, is a Mind-Mapping Comparison, which compares the cognitive and mind mapping techniques. We have two articles comparing and contrasting different mapping techniques.

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