Preparing to get ahead at university? The science behind improving your reading skills to make studying a breeze explained.
- Does Speed Reading Work?
Speed reading's biggest promises are false. Nobody reads 10,000 words a minute. That does not mean your current pace is fixed. This post sets out what is achievable, what the research shows, where untrained reading wastes time, and why effective reading rate is the only metric worth trusting.
- How Fast Do You Read?
Measure your effective reading rate gives you a baseline from which to practise your reading skills.
- Regressions: The Habit That Makes You Read Everything Twice
Your eyes move in many little jumps to read. In an average adult reader, roughly one eye movement in ten goes backwards. These backward jumps are called regressions. People believe that these improve their understanding of the text, but 80% of them are unnecessary and costing you time.
- Subvocalization: The Voice in Your Head
Subvocalization is the pronouncing of words in your head as you read, limiting your reading speed to your speaking speed. Reduce subvocalization to lift the ceiling on your reading speed.