In 1968, Atkinson and Shiffrin propose a model of information processing based on two types of memory: (1) short-term memory (including sensory and working memory) and (2) long-term memory.

The information processing theory describes how information travels through memory. Such determination has been found to make a difference for people with learning disabilities because of their multiple intelligences and different ways of learning. However, knowing and understanding our multiple learning styles can help us learn more effectively by capitalizing on our strengths. Hence, people can and should develop both sides of their brain. The key word is that our dominance is a preference, not an absolute (Monroe Institute, 2014).

Most people seem to have a dominant side. The right side is more visual and processes intuitively, holistically, and randomly. While brain research confirms that both sides of the brain are involved in nearly every human activity, we do know that the left side of the brain is the seat of language and processes in a logical and sequential order. Figure 2 shows images of the two hemispheres of the brain and the corpus Callosum. The cerebral cortex of the brain that houses the rational functions is divided into two- brain hemispheres connected by a thick band of nerve fibers (the corpus callosum) which sends messages back and forth between the two hemispheres of the brain. In order for us to understand the origination of the learning styles, it is imperative that we understand how the human brain functions in general and how learning actually takes place. However, providing students with multiple ways to learn content has been shown to improve students learning (as cited in Edutopia, editor’s notes, 2013). Hattie (2011) states that there is no scientific evidence, as of yet, that shows that people have specific, fixed learning styles or discrete intelligences, nor that students benefit when teachers target instruction to a specific learning style or intelligence. However, the research does not provide evidence of the superiority of a particular combination or mix of multiple learning styles over another. Evidently, students with multiple learning styles can benefit from multiple instructional strategies. students can have a combination of two styles such as visual-verbal, visual-nonverbal, auditory- verbal, or physical-kinesthetic, or can have a mix of multiple learning styles.

Corpus colossus