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The full article claims that it's impossible to reduce saccades by reading multiple lines simultaneously. I know that claim is false because I have experienced
by NateEag 7y ago
The full article claims that it's impossible to reduce saccades by reading multiple lines simultaneously.
I know that claim is false because I have experienced reading an entire book by perceiving two to four lines simultaneously.
I've only had that happen once, on incredibly easy double-spaced material, but humans are capable of it.
Note that I am a natural speed reader and aphantasiac - those may be contributing factors (I've noticed the most talented visualizers I know are all slow readers, and discussion leads me too believe it's partly because they can't help stopping to visualize, while I cannot stop to visualize).
- WA 7y agoBut what's your recall on the text/information? I bet this is easier with simple, repetitive books that have lots of unnecessary filler words.
- NateEag 7y agoThis was about two decades ago, and it was a piece of fiction I didn't care much about, so I can't tell you what my recall was like. I do still remember a character name and very rough snippets of the setting and plot, so it didn't all evaporate. It did not have filler words, but it did have simpler vocabulary than most of what I read (it was fiction aimed at school children).