{"id":408,"date":"2026-04-26T17:35:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/?p=408"},"modified":"2026-04-26T17:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:35:53","slug":"the-myth-of-learning-styles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/26\/the-myth-of-learning-styles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Myth of Learning Styles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 15-minute video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rhgwIhB58PA\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rhgwIhB58PA\">this link<\/a> debunks the idea of so-called learning styles, shows that they are actually just preferences, and presents informal and formal evidence for a lack of relationship between these styles and learning outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rhgwIhB58PA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 15-minute video at this link debunks the idea of so-called learning styles, shows that they are actually just preferences, and presents informal and formal evidence for a lack of relationship between these styles and learning outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcjttF-6A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":410,"url":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/26\/rewards-may-have-different-impacts-across-the-lifespan\/","url_meta":{"origin":408,"position":0},"title":"Rewards May Have Different Impacts across the Lifespan","author":"dbernstein","date":"April 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A study at this site suggests that for younger people reinforcement is more helpful to learning when their behavior leads to a personal benefit, but that in older people reinforcement has greater effects when their behavior helps someone else.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Learning&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Learning","link":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/learning\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":152,"url":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/14\/critical-periods-the-wild-child\/","url_meta":{"origin":408,"position":1},"title":"Critical Periods: \u201cThe Wild Child\u201d","author":"dbernstein","date":"September 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The \"wild boy of Aveyron\" was a French child who, in the late 1700s, was apparently lost or abandoned by his parents at an early age and had grown up with animals. 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