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Anthony "Tony" Peter Buzan (; born 2 June 1942) is an English author and educational consultant. Buzan popularized the idea of mental literacy and a thinking technique called Mind Mapping,〔(Mind Mapping ™ ), Developing your ideas, Information Skills for Researchers〕 earlier used by Leonardo da Vinci and others. ==Background== Buzan was born in Palmers Green, Enfield, Middlesex. He is an alumnus of Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver, where he was Head Boys' Prefect 1959-60. His brother is the academic Barry Buzan. He is a promoter of mnemonic systems and mind mapping techniques. He launched his own software programme to support mind mapping called (iMindMap ) in December 2006. The Buzan Organisation holds trademarks on the phrase 'mind map' in the context of self-improvement educational courses in the UK,〔http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK00001424476 Mind Maps Trademark, UK〕 the USA〔http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:4qhaee.2.17 Mind Maps Trademark, USA〕 and Germany.〔https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/2015931/DE Mind Maps Trademark, Germany〕 The trademark does not appear in the records of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.〔(Canadian Intellectual Property Office )〕 Following his 1970s series ''Use Your Head'' for the BBC, many of his ideas have been set into his series of five books: ''Use Your Memory'', ''Master Your Memory'', ''Use Your Head'', ''The Speed Reading Book'' and ''The Mind Map Book''. He has since authored or co-authored over 100 books that have appeared in 30 languages.. As a popular psychology author, Tony Buzan has written on subjects relating to the brain, "genius quotient (GQ)", spiritual intelligence, memory, creativity and speed reading. He is the founder and President of the Brain Foundation (not to be confused with various medical-related bodies with the same name) and also the Brain Trust Charity, the World Memory Championships〔(World Memory Championships )〕 and the World Championships of the Brain. He was a co-founder of London's Mind Body Spirit Festival as well as the Mind Sports Olympiad.〔(About Us ), World Memory Sports Council〕 Critics have called mind mapping pseudoscience, questioning the existence of evidence supporting the technique and the usefulness of mind mapping.〔(Pseudoscience and mind mapping ), WikIT, the mind mapping wiki〕 However, a meta study about concept mapping concluded that concept mapping is more effective than "reading text passages, attending lectures, and participating in class discussions". The same study also concluded that concept mapping is slightly more effective "than other constructive activities such as writing summaries and outlines". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Buzan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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