The three main ways we remember things are by hearing them (auditory learning), doing things (kinesthetic learning), and seeing them (visual learning). People differ in the amount they learn by each of these learning styles, but we all use all of them to some extent. With the strong visual input of TV and computers, visual learning tends to be one of the strongest for many people. When you take notes using Mind Maps, you use all three of these learning styles. You have received the information in auditory form when you heard it during the presentation and every time you either read it in your head or out loud, in kinesthetic form each time you recreate it, and in visual form every time you review it.