Regression
is moving your eyes back over words you have already seen and re-reading them. Depending on
how tired and bored you are, you may regress twice or even three times over the same
words. In fact, you may be re-reading as much as 20% of the words on
every page.
Just
think how this frustrates and slows you down. It's like climbing a sand dune:
three steps forward and two steps back ... like watching a video with your
finger on the rewind button.
Regressions
are usually a conscious decision to retrace what you have
just read. This is because of the "feeling" of loss of comprehension
and understanding. Or maybe you were thinking of something else while reading
and 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 left to right; the jump back and forth. High speed camera tests 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!"
Regression is a result of the slow reading process. The reader is
soon twisted into a tornado of increasing regressions:
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mind wandering and
boredom means loss of concentration |
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to compensate, regressions
increase (you go backwards to re-read) |
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this
results in a decrease in reading speed |
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an
increase again, in the boredom
rate, because you feel you are not getting anywhere |
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and
again, and again ... and again.
How can I stop regressions but still have great concentration and
comprehension?
Your eyes are like high-speed cameras, yet you move them across the words at the slowest possible rate. By making the whole reading process more
efficient, your eyes will move across the print much faster without skipping any
words. TurboRead will solve the regression tornado.
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