Best Mind Mapping Software

Mind mapping helps us to make the optimized use of our reasoning power and creativity or of the faculty a layman may refer to as a hunch. The answer to their usefulness is long and you must bear with me. It involves a little bit of information on the left and right brain, understanding mind mapping and finally, a list of the best software in 2010 which you can use to your purpose.

Need of Mind Mapping a Problem
It is not easy for all of us to let our creativity bubble in search of ideas to solve a problem and expect the process to result in logical and sequential flow of ideas leading to a final solution. What is preventing us from doing so?

The left part of our brain has evolved to process information in logical, sequential and analytical manner and to consider a problem in terms of its smaller parts. On the other hand, right part of the brain can consider a problem as a unit, grasping its essentials creatively and come up intuitively with a solution to it, literally, out of thin air. In a bird's-eye view, the problem solving in a human brain may appear as the race between two process (Tortoise and Rabbit), one of which (left) is inching towards the solution after analyzing every facet of facts available to it and the other (right) behaves like the rabbit in the race, meanders here and there, examines this and that and comes up with a trump card of idea revealing the heart of the problem.

Most people in this world are either left brained or right brained. The right brained individuals, after getting the solution to the problem, are at pains to work out the details involved. The left brained individuals can take care of the details, but have to grope in the dark and inch towards the solution without the guidance of intuition. Both of these individuals lose when compared against what an ideally balanced human mind and brain can accomplish. If the situation, when it comes to solve a problem, is so complicated at the level of an individual then, one may refer to the chaos at the team level, if it is dealing with the task such as designing an airplane, or the Big Bang.

Mind Mapping Software
The concept of cognitive mind mapping comes to our aid in managing the both aspects of our brain. Its functions depend on representing the concepts of the problem as figures and establishing logical links between them. An individual can let his imagination roam and roll however it wants, but when an idea is fished, it is linked at the appropriate place in the design and thus, logicality and step by step approach in solving the problem at hand is achieved.

Top Mind Mapping Software 2010
They can be bought or downloaded for free from the internet. If you are going to use one of these in your school or college studies then you may consider downloading a free mind mapping software for your use.

Map Myself
With this program an individual can create mind maps that reminds one of the tree root system. This free web based application can be accessed from anywhere and at any time that pleases the user and incorporates Microsoft SilverLight 3.0 technology.

Dabbleboard
Dabbleboard is an application that can be used by individuals from different types of fields. Along with its use for mind mapping a problem, it can be also used for creating flow charts, UI mockups, organization charts, EE diagrams and network diagrams. With the help of this software information packed floor-plans and mark up pictures can be created. The functionality provided by this software can also be used to come with comics. A person can find this software really useful to plan his team's sports plays for an upcoming game.

Edraw MindMap
Edraw Mind Map v4.0 is yet another entry in the list. The drawing tools provided with this software helps you to represent thought with figures. It becomes easy to brainstorm a problem as the clutter of thoughts reduces as the process progresses.

Freemind
Freemind is a java based program that can be installed on, practically, any computer system. If you are looking for the best mind mappers for Mac then giving a chance to this software to prove itself can be a wise decision.

iThoughtsHD
iThoughtsHD is a software made for those who have outgrown desktops. This software gives help to iPad users in creating dynamic mind maps. IthoughtsHD is the leading mind mapping application on the Apple platform. Along with the iPad, it can also be used with iPhone and iPod.

All these software give us an opportunity to have a better view of the problem at hand and solve it with the help of a few tips. It really depends on the user to decide which of these is the best software for him or her.