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Regression is when you stop the forward motion of your eyes across the words, drag them backwards and re-read the same words. You do this sometimes once, twice ... many times over ... depending on how tired or bored you are with what you are reading. Studies have shown us that the average slow reader will re-read as much as one ¼ (quarter) of a page again.

Just think how this frustrates and slows you down. It's like climbing a sand dune: three steps forward and two steps backwards ... like watching a DVD with your finger on the rewind button. 

You usually make a conscious decision to retrace and re-read the words that you have just read. This is because you have a "feeling" that you didn't understand (or read) the words that your eyes have just moved over. Maybe you were thinking of something else while reading so you lost concentration for a while.

How many times has your mind drifted away while reading this very page?

Sit opposite somebody and watch their eyes as they read. They don't move smoothly from the left to the right of the page. They seem to jump back and forth, don't they. High speed camera tests of the eyes of slow readers have shown that the eye can regress up to 18 times per minute.

"But I need regressions because I am not sure of what I have just read!"

 

No you do not! You regress over the words because of your slow reading. You are suffering from a tornado of more and more regressing:

•     your mind wanders, you get bored and you lose concentration

•     so, you jet your eyes jump backwards and reread

•     this causes your reading speed to crash

•     your reading speed becomes slower again

•     your brain gets even more bored because you feel you are not getting anywhere

•     your mind drifts away again, you jump back and your reading rate crashes again

•     and again, and again ... and again.

"Please help - how do I stop this silly madness?"

Let me help you: Your eyes are like a high-speed digital camera. Yet, you bounce them across the words like a ping pong ball filled with sand. Your brain is so powerful and efficient. It is able to read printed words much, much faster than you allow it. Make your whole reading process more efficient and your eyes will move across the print much faster without skipping any words. TurboRead will solve the regression tornado.

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