The Powers of the Mind

The Powers of the Mind

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It is a mental model that describes thinking preferences.

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In 1976, he researched the brain as the source of creativity and developed the Whole Brain Model.

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It is a valid self-assessment that enables individuals to comprehend their own thinking style preferences developed by Ned Herrmann in August 1979.

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These describe the patterns of what people choose to pay attention to and what people do not wish to pay attention to.

Four Thinking Styles in the Whole Brain Model

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This thinking style includes interpersonal, emotional, musical, spiritual and the “talker” modes.

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This thinking style includes imaginative, synthesizing, artistic, holistic and conceptual modes.

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This thinking style is controlled, conservative, planned, organized, and administrative in nature.

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This thinking style includes analytical, mathematical, technical, and problem solving.

Right brain - is best at expressive and creative tasks

• does not use a step-by-step method to reach a conclusion

• reality-based

• thinks multi-dimensionally

• thinks emotionally, intuitively, creatively, globally and analytically

• reacts best to visual images, oral discussions and handling objects

• may excel in music, art, drawing, athletics and coordinated physical movement

Right brain - is best at expressive and creative tasks

• may be naturally mechanically-minded

• remembers faces, places, and events very well but not the names

• may have a photographic memory for images, reading selections, oral discussions, places visited, and musical works

Left brain - is considered to be proficient at tasks that engage, logic, language, and analytical thinking

• thinks in abstract letters, numbers, written words and formulas

• excels in mathematics, reading, spelling, writing, sequencing and the use of verbal and written language

• is strongly verbal and reacts best to verbal input

• responds well to phonics when learning to spell and read

Left brain - is considered to be proficient at tasks that engage, logic, language, and analytical thinking

• handles sequencing of numbers, letters, words, sentences, and ideas easily

• does not need to visualize in whole, concrete images to understand ideas

• sees the parts within the whole first, and then arrives at the whole concept of a given idea

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It is a highly effective way of getting information in and out of your brain.

Five essential characteristics of a mind map:

• The main idea, subject or focus is crystallized in a central image.

• The main themes radiate from the central image as “branches.”

• The branches comprise a key image or key word drawn or printed on its associated time.

• Topics of lesser importance are represented as ‘twigs’ of the relevant branch.

• The branches form a connected nodal structure.

Steps in Mind-mapping:

• Start with the topic

• Define the structure

• Define each branch

• Highlight the priorities

• Extend your mind map by additional ideas

• Review and revise

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It is a clearer, more natural and more efficient way of using our brains.