"The Mechanism of Mind "presents Edward de Bono's original theories on how the b
rain functions, processes information and organises it. It explains why the brai
n, the 'mechanism', can only work in certain ways and introduces the four basic
types of thinking that have gone on to inform his life's work, namely 'natural t
hinking', 'logical thinking', ' mathematical thinking' and 'lateral thinking'. D
e Bono also outlines his argument for introducing the word 'PO' as an alternativ
e to the word 'NO' when putting lateral thinking into practice.
