FAQ

What makes the BrainMap model unique?
Its way of "dividing up the mind" corresponds directly with the way brain surgeons have intervened in the brain in two radical surgeries: the hemisphere-dividing commissurotomy and the new brain/old brain-separating lobotomy.

What makes this tool so useful?
First, it is biased toward change. It assumes that the way you currently think is probably not the way you will always need and want to think—and perhaps frequently isn't the best way for you to think even now!

And it is prescriptive as well as descriptive. At every step in its inquiry, The BrainMap raises this question: Is the way you think now working for you? If the answer is no, it points the way for both individuals and teams to rethink how they think—and to think differently.

When was The BrainMap model created?
In the early 1980s. The self-assessment questionnaire has remained untouched after initial testing confirmed that it produces results that the tool's users accept with a high degree of confidence. The interpretation section has been expanded several times. The online version is the latest expansion, with dozens of new pieces of interpretation being made available to a user for the first time in the basic BrainMap report.

Who created The BrainMap?
Dudley Lynch, president of Brain Technologies Corporation, and author or lead author of some of the thinking skills field's most unique and groundbreaking books, including The Mother of All Minds: Leaping Free of an Outdated Human Nature, Strategy of the Dolphin®: Scoring a Win in a Chaotic World and Evergreen: Playing a Continuous Comeback Business Game.

How widely has The BrainMap been used?
It has been administered tens of thousands of times by training professionals or self-administered by users in seven languages.

Where can I go to learn about the theory behind The BrainMap model?
To The BrainMap Workbook, a publication available from Brain Technologies. For details, go here.

If I'd like to use The BrainMap as a professional trainer, thinking skills coach, personal or executive coach, educator or other people development uses, what is available to help me "learn the ropes."
The BrainMap's creator has written an instructional guide to 30 exercises, games and demonstrations called BrainMapping. Go here for more information.

How about help in putting group BrainMaps together?
Check out The BrainMap Instructional Guide. Go here.

Are there audio-visuals available to assist in presentations?
The BrainMap's creator has produced two AV products:
1) A set of 12 overhead transparencies.
2) An extensive PowerPoint presentation.
For more information and prices, call 352-792-1036 or e-mail us at info@braintechnologies.com.

If I don't want to send my training or consulting clients to the Internet, is there another way to access The BrainMap?
Yes, the "paper-and-pencil" version of The BrainMap has been a preferred seminar and individual assessment tool by training professionals worldwide for many years. Click here for more information.

Does Brain Technologies Corporation offer other kinds of personal and group assessment tools?
Yes. These include 1) Asset Report: The Book of You (this is a customized, 100-plus-page report on the user's thinking skills that many users have called a superior tool to any assessment they have ever taken). 2) MindMaker6 (an assessment of the user's values and belief systems or mind levels) 3) The mCircle Instrument (an assessment of how the user tends to resolve dilemmas in his/her life and career) and 4) PathPrimer (a tool that incorporates a highly praised process for determining one's purpose in life). For more information, pull down the "Products" menu on the BTC Web site's home page and click on the instrument of interest to you. Go here.

How do I learn more about affiliating with Brain Technologies and enjoying distributor discounts on purchases of its materials?
Go here to request the details.