Speed Reading With the Right Brain

All reading takes place in our brains, not our eyes. Our eyes are only tools for delivering the text to our brains, the same way our hands are tools for holding the book. Real reading only takes place when information is integrated into our existing knowledge. This internal process of information assimilation is where all real reading improvement h

You will succeed because success is simply being on the right path. If you know what you need to do, then you only have to do it. Basically, what you need to do is read ideas by visualizing whole units of meaning. That’s it. The rest is practice.

As Nathaniel Hawthorne put it, “Easy reading is damn hard writing.”

Don’t ignore the phrases—they’re the cogs that turn the comprehension gears.

If you concentrate on seeing ideas, the words will clump together in the only way they make sense.

The most common question about picking out word-groups is, “How do you know which words to put together?” And the second most popular question is, “How can you select the word-groups fast enough while also concentrating on your reading?” The answer to both is the same, and is similar to the answer on how to reduce subvocalization and regression: by

The biggest problem with comprehension tests is that they’re really testing other things besides comprehension—things such as memory and test-taking skills. Comprehension tests generally consist of a list of multiple choice or true-false questions at the end of a reading assignment. The problem with such tests is that so much also depends on your p

The fallacy of trying to change the physical movement of the eyes is a classic case of treating the symptom rather than the cause. Eye movements in reading are simply the symptoms of the mental processes the person uses while reading. The eyes are only servants of the mind. Concentrate on seeing whole ideas, and the eyes will comply by automaticall

Pushing your speed beyond your comprehension leads to nothing more than frustration and exhaustion.