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Silent Reading Vs Reading It Aloud
- The ancient art of reading out aloud has many benefits like better recall, a better understanding of complex content, and even strengthening of emotional bonds.
- In most of our literary history, reading something meant reading it aloud by default, so that one can also listen to what is being read.
- Silent reading, or reading just in our heads is now the norm, and we keep bottling the words in our heads quietly.
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The Many Effects Of Reading Out Aloud
- The Production Effect: Researchers have found that people remember words and texts better if those are read out aloud, as compared to silent reading.
- The Generation Effect: Words said aloud while giving a response to a question stand out, and are distinctive.
- The Enactment Effect: Spoken words also let us visualize, imagine and even enact certain words, strongly associating them with our memory.
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Pausing Memory Decline By Reading Aloud
Reading aloud is great for elderly people and can delay the onset of dementia and also make certain memory problems detectable at an early stage.
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Humans Read Aloud Naturally
Many of us read aloud more often than we realize. Some automatic reading aloud happens when we have to understand complex legal and academic text, or follow instructions from a manual.
Reading out brings joy, comfort and a sense of belonging among our loved ones, strengthening the emotional bonding.
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How humans communicate with each other
Humans communicate with sound. It is what permits one brain to talk to another - through words.
However humans can also communicate through a wide variety of modality such as:
The existence of language
The existence of language mainly revolves around the evolution of oral and written communication by humans.
Linguists understand that language is a composition of words and rules of compositions.
Physical spaces where language occurs
- Internal - it consists of electrical waves that are the channels for neuronal communication processes.
- External - it consists of mechanical, acoustic waves of compressed rarefied molecules of air - i.e. sound.
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The Shortest Answer To Faster Reading
Read. The more you read the more familiar you are with linguistic structures, contexts and content, which speeds up your reading. That’s especially true when learning new words or familiar w...
The Problem With Some Speed Reading Software
Software using rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) methods claim to eliminate unnecessary eye movements, thus increasing reading speed. It presents words above the average reading speed, one at a time, at a single location on the screen.
Unfortunately, experiments show RSVP software does increase reading speed, but subjects could only sustain reading at high speeds with good comprehension for short bursts.
The Flaw With Methods That Eliminate Regressive Eye Movements
This methods are supposed to let you read it right the first time, but regressive eye movements generate enhanced understanding beyond what could be obtained on the first pass.
Due to sentences unfolding linearly, often contrary to the messages they convey, rereading becomes necessary for proper understanding.
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Frequency of breath
Even though we have been breathing for all our lives, we can still learn a lot about this most basic instinct.
Quick, shallow, and unfocused breathing may contribute to anxiety, depression, ...
Breathwork
Breathwork is not the same as mindfulness. Mindfulness involves passive observation of the breath, whereas breathwork requires you to actively change the way you breathe.
Breathwork includes ensuring you breath with your diaphragm, rather than the movement of your chest. It will fill your lungs with more air while also slowing the pace of your breathing.
Speed ramp to relaxation
Right breathing can have a profound effect on calming the mind quickly and can act as a speed ramp into the meditation practice by getting you to that place of no-thought.