Yes, mind maps are a great way to increase the size of the "networking" around information. Thanks for highlighting it. Some people don't get the same benefit from mind maps, and at least sometimes this is because they just use for "note-taking" -- the same as if they were jotting short phrases anywhere else. The beauty of mind maps for memory is in letting us create more associations -- through pictures, fonts, colours, linking the branches to each other -- whatever works to help the information make the most sense to us. Thanks again for taking the time to share. Anyone else out there? ;-)