Dawna Markova has a few books on the topic of the various ways different minds process information. I recommend The Open Mind: Exploring the 6 Patterns of Natural Intelligence which she also made for parents called How Your Child is Smart: A Life-Changing Approach to Learning and for professionals An Unused Intelligence: Physical Thinking for 21st Century Leadership. (She also wrote a slew of self-help life-affirming books, but they're hardly, or only obliquely, related to this topic). I learned through her books that though we use and need all three modes of learning (kinesthetic, visual, auditory) there is a preference in order. I like to see/visualize and feel/move first, and lastly, hear/listen.  I too learn physical tasks very easily (as a 25 year old, I learned to drive stick shift in a half-hour lesson, and then drove the manual transmission car rather seemlessly thereafter). As a student, I tend to do all my school work while standing by converting my bookshelves into a desk space, using a lectern or elevating an adjustable music stand, countertops, to keep myself focused. In lecture class, since we're required to sit for 90 minutes, I usually drink sugarless tea or water, munch midway on a vegetable snack. I take notes when I'm on the phone or at any conversational gathering. Also, if I listen to music while studying, I prefer music without words. Markova's work has been a remarkable gift, allowing me to accept my learning pattern as it is, and to finding ways to adjust my physical environment (via the music without words, elevated tables, using my wall as a spacious map to taping paper ideas onto which I can tactiley move around). My final suggestion would be to cut out sugary foods; instead, consume hordes of green vegetables with healthy protein sources (I follow the Zone Diet by Barry Sears, and that has been useful for my brain as well).