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My sister will read a novel in about 4 hours, and I'll take 14 hours for the same. Afterward, I'll remember just about everything, and she will remember major
by TodPunk 11y ago
My sister will read a novel in about 4 hours, and I'll take 14 hours for the same. Afterward, I'll remember just about everything, and she will remember major plot points but few details. I don't know if the hours and retention rates are related, but I will say that reading and retention rates are not universal between people and should be separate as concepts from remembering and memory in general.
The artistic understanding aspects of the article are far more interesting to me, though I have little to add there.
- lfowles 11y agoI like to blaze through fiction. But I'm reading for the effects and emotions it stirs up inside of me, not the actual content. (I will note this is an issue for long running series if I ever have to take time off inbetween books.) If I try the same with nonfiction/technical books, the retention is abysmal.