One way of looking at learning styles is to determine your hemispheric dominance. Although the right and left hemispheres work together, each side has a different function and processes information differently.
Most people seem to have a dominant side.
The catch is that in order to get the most from your brain, you need to use both sides. One of the chief functions of the left side of the brain is to process written and spoken information. Most information in the classroom is geared to the left side of the brain. And because we are not called upon to do so as often, we tend to forget to use the right side of the brain, which interprets information visually, creatively, and emotionally. One reason we want to examine hemispheric dominance is to encourage use of the right side of the brain for learning.