Ep. 162: Is Speed Reading a Hoax?
The SuperHuman Academy Podcast
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The Inconsistency of Speed Reading
The authors claim that anything outside of the foveal area of the eye is fuzzy and difficult to discern. They then go on to state, quote, these facts cast doubt on suggestions from speed reading proponents that people can read more effectively by using peripheral vision. Just because a word is skipped does not mean that it was not processed at all., they say. This finding suggests that readers use information for more than just the fixated word in order to read efficiently.
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