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Ok, I studied speed reading a lot and you'll read 1000 words/minute by using this method, but how will this method affect your memory? I remember scientists sug
by oscardelben 17y ago
Ok, I studied speed reading a lot and you'll read 1000 words/minute by using this method, but how will this method affect your memory? I remember scientists suggesting to use multi sense while studying, so I wonder if this method is actually cutting one sense.
Some speed readers are also suggesting to read the stuff one more time with the time saved, but I don't see how this is smarter than going deep the first time.
- Retric 17y agoSeveral study's have shown you remember more with speed reading. Up to the point where you are skipping content. The advantage seems to be pre-filtering the useless content which let's you focus on the important details. You can also make connections between larger sections of the text because it's fresher in your memory.
- Kolya 17y agoWhat are the names of the studies that demonstrate that?
- Retric 17y agoHonestly, this is not my areas of research. My mother, who as a PHD in education was vary clear on the point. Going from 100 WPM vs 400-500 WPM increased average retention. Maximum retention for history textbooks where people who skimmed the topic, speed read the subject text, and then skimmed over it again. Slowing down was not useful for retention but re reading even if skimming was useful. If you are interested there was a fair amount of research into this in the 60's and 70's but, it's an outdated topic and I can't find anything on Google. PS: I only learned this when asking for advice on how to study history textbooks in collage. It's apparently a large and complex topic, but most of the research is fairly old. Edit:2 "Slow reading as a problem for learners has been defined by Brown & Hirst (1983:140) as a "weakness independent of the purpose of reading", involving the processing of information at such a slow rate that the reader is unable to hold enough detail in short-term memory to permit decoding of the overall message of the text" http://www.readingmatrix.com/articles/bell/article.pdf http://www.readingmatrix.com/articles/bell/article.pdf. Background Studies on that link has an overview.
- lsc 17y agodoes 400wpm really count as speed reading? christ. much slower than that and you are moving your lips.
- tokenadult 17y agoSeveral study's have shown you remember more with speed reading. Citations please?
- Retric 17y agohttp://www.readingmatrix.com/articles/bell/article.pdf http://www.readingmatrix.com/articles/bell/article.pdf list's several primary sources. Check out: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=753927 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=753927 for a longer response.
- oscardelben 17y agoI think you can take the luxury of skipping content when you already know it, but that's not learning new material, it's recalling. My suggestion if anyone is in doubt, is to test these assumptions directly to see if they works or not. For me, they don't work when the material is new, technical or not technical.