Mental Map

Mental Map: A map which represents the perception and knowledge a person has of an area or idea.

This is a mental map of someone who is trying to plan out an outline on the topic of vending machines. It shows that the person's main topic was vending machines and it shows how her thoughts branched out to the "where" and "what" of the topic. From there, it shows a web of other ideas branching off from those sub-topics. http://www.marketposition.com/blog/archives/boring_sites_mind_map_.gif