learning types

individual differences in people’s preferred ways of organizing and processing information (see cognitive style). For example, some people may prefer to remember auditory information and develop strategies to recall verbal information; others may prefer visual and imaginal coding of material.

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January 29th 2025

range fractionation

a hypothesis of perception of stimulus intensity, stating that a wide range of intensity values can be encoded by a group of cells, each of which is a specialist for a particular range of stimulus intensities.