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Speed-Reading Versus Science
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.
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“The factor that most strongly determined reading speed was word-identification ability.”
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“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.”
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Human Body X Speed Reading
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
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There are many methods that claim to increase reading speed, going by different names, but they are all based on the same techniques and unsubstantiated facts that led to speed-reading.
The Flaw with Methods That Eliminate Subvocalization
Provide exercises to silence that inner voice present when we read in silence as speed-reading programs claim it slows reading.
This defies research that shows that subvocalization is a sub product identifying words.
Speed Reading Versus Evidence
There are different techniques that claim to increase ones reading speed but decades of medical and psychological research indicates that said speed gain comes at the cost of understanding.
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