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I think there can be some merit to "styles". Personally I have a hard time focusing when reading something (possibly adult ADD but I haven't sought a profession

I think there can be some merit to "styles". Personally I have a hard time focusing when reading something (possibly adult ADD but I haven't sought a professional opinion) which is why I find YouTube videos much more helpful if I am to learn something.

bjt 9y ago
Do you think your experience is different from the norm?
- jghn 9y ago
  It's at least different to mine. I generally learn much better from reading than watching a video, instructor, etc. I also generally learn better through broader reading than doing exercises and such
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ordu 9y ago
This "style" is just some habits of your attention. Your attention was trained to focus on movie, but was not trained enough to focus on book. You can use some behavioral training approaches to make youself attentive while reading (without much effort), or inattentive while watching movies. So this "style" is no more than a habit, that reinforces itself. This is not some kind of disorder, its just habits. I cannot attentively watch movies full of speaking heads, where no guns, fires, fights and other funny things. I would better read book, article, or something like. And this is not disorder also, just a habit. If I'll need to use movies for learning, I train my attention to concentrate on movies. Its not a problem, though it needs some time and effort.
- Broken_Hippo 9y ago
  I'm likely mildly dyslexic. I get my left and right mixed up. I am horrible at spelling, even after practice. I'm nearly 39. I share much of the same habits as the poster - reading is much better if I've gotten the basics introduced orally. Reading in a quiet library? I hear every paper shuffle and I have to start the paragraph or page over again. I already have to read some texts a few times to get a bit of substance from it. Some things, I simply can't learn by myself from reading, even if I'm interested in the subject. And I actually enjoy reading. It just goes slowly and takes a lot of mental effort especially if it is something long or involved. Learning to focus attention correctly is only part of the issue for some of us. For myself, I wish they would have caught my stuff when I was a kid instead of figuring this stuff out trying to learn the language of a country I moved to.

bjt 9y ago

Do you think your experience is different from the norm?

jghn 9y ago
It's at least different to mine. I generally learn much better from reading than watching a video, instructor, etc. I also generally learn better through broader reading than doing exercises and such

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ordu 9y ago

This "style" is just some habits of your attention. Your attention was trained to focus on movie, but was not trained enough to focus on book. You can use some behavioral training approaches to make youself attentive while reading (without much effort), or inattentive while watching movies. So this "style" is no more than a habit, that reinforces itself. This is not some kind of disorder, its just habits. I cannot attentively watch movies full of speaking heads, where no guns, fires, fights and other funny things. I would better read book, article, or something like. And this is not disorder also, just a habit. If I'll need to use movies for learning, I train my attention to concentrate on movies. Its not a problem, though it needs some time and effort.

Broken_Hippo 9y ago
I'm likely mildly dyslexic. I get my left and right mixed up. I am horrible at spelling, even after practice. I'm nearly 39. I share much of the same habits as the poster - reading is much better if I've gotten the basics introduced orally. Reading in a quiet library? I hear every paper shuffle and I have to start the paragraph or page over again. I already have to read some texts a few times to get a bit of substance from it. Some things, I simply can't learn by myself from reading, even if I'm interested in the subject. And I actually enjoy reading. It just goes slowly and takes a lot of mental effort especially if it is something long or involved. Learning to focus attention correctly is only part of the issue for some of us. For myself, I wish they would have caught my stuff when I was a kid instead of figuring this stuff out trying to learn the language of a country I moved to.