How Schema Makes Text Comprehensible For Speed Reading
August 2, 2009
When people observe me speed reading eighty to ninety pages per minute, they are quick to ask me if I am reading every word? I always tell them, “of course not”, but neither do you. The difference is you don’t realize your brain is not reading every word, and read much slower than I do. Let me prove to you that your brain does not read each word. Read the following passage:
Olny srmat poelpe can read this.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearer at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat latter be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you cn raed tihs psas it on !!”
Notice what happened? Your brain can read this entire passage even though all the words are scrambled. Research at Cambridge University proved that your brain doesn’t read every letter by itself, and all that matters is that the first and last letter of a word be in the correct place. This is because your brain reads words as a whole and not one letter at a time.
When I read at top speed I see several sentences at a time and understand their content just like you do when reading a sign on the highway while driving at high speed. It is your brain’s ability to process large chunks of information at a time that makes speed reading so easy to learn.
An average person using one of my brain friendly speed reading programs can increase their reading speed by 100% or more in just a few hours. It really is amazing what our brains are capable of when we learn the skills and techniques to “speak” its language.
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