Mind Maps

Mind maps in NotebookLM visually summarizes your uploaded sources, showing main topics and their related ideas as a branching diagram.

Understanding the Big Picture: Mind Maps help you grasp the overall structure and key themes of your source material more easily than reading through lengthy documents.
Exploring Unfamiliar Information: When you encounter new topics, Mind Maps can provide a clear entry point, making it easier to understand the main concepts before diving into the details.
Finding Connections: By visually representing the relationships between ideas, Mind Maps can help you identify links and associations that might not be obvious.
Providing Structure: Mind Maps help you build a structured model of the information, improving comprehension and retention.

Open an existing notebook (or create a new one and upload some sources)
In the chat, you can click on the auto-suggested “Mind Map” chip.
Under the Studio Panel, you will see a new Note with your generated Mind Map. You can revisit your Mind Map at any time within the Studio Panel.
To regenerate, first select the “Delete note” option in the three dots menu next to your Mind Map within the Studio Panel. Then, restart the generation process.

Zoom in/out and scroll: This allows you to navigate different parts of the Mind Map and focus on specific areas.
Expand/collapse branches: You can expand branches to see more detailed sub-topics or collapse them to get a higher-level view.
Click on nodes to ask questions: Directly click on a node in the Mind Map to ask questions in NotebookLM chat about that specific topic.
Other: At the top right corner, you will see options to expand/collapse view, download, or exit.

Option #1: Generate a Mind Map, then share the entire notebook with another user. They will be able to load the same Mind Map in the Studio panel.
Option #2: Download the Mind Map through the Download button within the Mind Map window and share the downloaded file.

Note: NotebookLM can be inaccurate; please double check its responses.