our minds and bodies gather information in different ways and from all around us:seeing,hearing,and doing. Then our brains process that information, organizing it and making connection to things we already know. this process can also work in different ways: Do we think in pictures or words? do we remember details or the big picture?
when we're trying to learn,it helps to know our brain works. how do we best gather and organize information? different people have different learning styles. for example, one person might struggle with written information but understand it immediately in an illustration. another person might have problems with the picture, but not the written text.