Reading Faster: The Science Behind What Works... and What Doesn't (Ep. 93)
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How Far Do You Move Your Eyes When You Read a Text Book?
Gate: There is a limit, lie you can't move the book a mile away and be able to see it at that. Have they done studies about, like, the optimal distance to to read something at for so soyoat? Well, not that i know of, not about the octimal distance for speed. But one cool thing is that how far we move our eyes when we read, which, in english, on average, is about seven characters. You do that regardless of how close the text is to your a face or not. So if the text is closer, you actually move your eyes further, because seven degrees means you have move further. If you move the text
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