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Tony Buzan's speed reading book brings this up, particularly the eye movement. The eye has two types of movement: the one you use to move from one object to an
by leg100 8y ago
Tony Buzan's speed reading book brings this up, particularly the eye movement.
The eye has two types of movement: the one you use to move from one object to another; and then the one that follows an object. He recommends the latter when speed reading, using a pen or pointy thing as an aid, your eyes following the tip as you sweep it across the page. You can move it from side to side, or down the middle, or zig-zagging, etc.
You accompany this with a metronome, to move the pen in regular movements.
I think in time the idea is that you can abandon the pen and metronome once you've got used to reading this way.
- kqr 8y agoAren't saccades inevitable unless actually tracking something?
- leg100 8y agoMaybe. One could try imagining an invisible line and tracking that. It helps not to focus on the text itself, but on the space just above the page, just as the tip of pen would be hovering above the page as it sweeps across. That way the eye doesn't fixate on words and cause saccades.