Learning styles
Learning styles is the popular idea that each person learns best in one fixed way, like being a "visual" or "auditory" learner, and that lessons should match that type. Big research reviews looked for proof and could not find it.
The theory says if you label yourself a visual learner, you should learn better from pictures than from sound. It feels true, so it spread fast. Most teachers believe some version of it. But when researchers actually tested it, students did not learn more when the material matched their so-called style. A 2015 study found people did equally well either way.
What does help is the opposite of picking one channel. Active study beats passive study for almost everyone. Quizzing yourself, spacing your sessions out, explaining ideas in your own words. And the best format often depends on the topic, not on you. You learn map skills with maps and music with sound, whoever you are.
So you are not locked into a type. Liking a format is fine. Just don't skip a method because you think it's "not your style." That belief mostly holds people back from trying what works.
Mia always called herself a visual learner and only made colorful diagrams for biology. She still kept failing the recall questions. When she started quizzing herself out loud instead, her scores went up. The format she avoided was the one that worked.