Radiant Thinking

Radiant Thinking What happens in your brain when you taste a ripe pear, smell flowers, listen to music, watch a stream, touch a loved one, or simply reminisce? The answer is both simple and amazingly complex. Each bit of information entering your brain-every sensation, memory or thought can be represented as a central sphere from which radiate tens, hundreds, thousands, millions of hooks…. Each hook represents an association, and each association has its own infinite array of links and connections. Radiant Thinking (from ‘to radiate’, meaning ‘to spread or move in direction, or from a given center’) refers to associative thought processes that proceed from or connect to a central point. The other meanings of ‘radiant’ are also relevant: ‘shining brightly’, ‘the look of bright eyes beaming with joy and hope’ and ‘the focal point of a meteoric shower’-similar to the burst of thought’. Buzan, Tony and Buzan, Berry. (1993). Chapter 4. Radiant Thinking., The Mind Map Book (pp.53-57). PLUM. Penguin Books.