The Truth Of Speed Reading
You finish a book in half the time and understand only half of it.
Have you ever tried to learn “speed reading”?
There are few people who can read faster, but are they born with that skull or can we learn to read fast?
I would like to tell you the truth about speed reading based on scientific evidence I found.
Some of you may not know what speed reading is, so let me explain.
Speed reading is a technique that, basically, you aim to increase the reading speed while maintaining or even improving your understading of the text.
As the name suggests, you read quickly without sacrificing your understanding of the context.
The truth of speed reading
The research explored the concept of speed reading and whether it is possible to train someone to read faster without sacrificing comprehension.
According to this research,
Most speed reading techniques teach you to train your eye movements and use your peripheral vision, but this is a big mistake. Eye movement accounts for less than 10% of total reading time.
