“The factor that most strongly determined reading speed was word-identification ability.”

Research shows that reading speed is more about an individual’s language skills than anything related to their eye movements. Another unsubstantiated claim, is that hearing an “inner voice” while reading slows down readers. The only reliable way to become a faster reader is to expand your vocabulary — and the best way to do that is to read more.

Speed-Reading Versus Science

“It is unlikely that readers will be able to double or triple their reading speeds (e.g., from around 250 to 500–750 words per minute) while still being able to understand the text as well as if they read at normal speed.”

The fovea is a small high visual acuity area in the retina. Our eyes are seriously limited in their precision outside said area. 
	We can take in only a word or so at each glance, and a little bit about the words on either side. 
Multiple experiments confirm that speed reading,” leads to decreased comprehension of the parts of the text that reader's eyes skip over.

Human Body X Speed Reading

In 2007, shortly after the final volume in the Harry Potter series was released, a woman named Anne Jones read all 784 pages in exactly 47 minutes. To prove that she'd actually read it, Jones - who has won the World Championship Speed Reading Competition six times - summarized the major plot points to a group of reporters.

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