But just because speed-reading is too good to be true doesn’t mean we can’t be more efficient readers. Depending on the type of material you’re moving through, these tips and tricks can help ...

Speed reading is a skill that almost seems like a superpower. The ability to quickly read and comprehend books, articles and other written materials would be life-changing for a lot of us. But is ...

World speed reading champion = 4,700 Average adult: 300 wpm To put those rates in meaningful context, I applied them to the kind of serious reading regimen favored by the super-successful set.

This is actually the second coming of speed reading. In the 1950s, a schoolteacher named Evelyn Nielsen Wood discovered that she could read at a much faster pace than the normal 250-300 words per ...

You tend to read faster by reading more. One of the biggest influences on your pace is what psycho­linguists call the word-frequency effect; the more times you’ve encountered a word, the faster ...

It may be possible to improve reading speed—just from the other end of the process. Increasing your vocabulary and building reading comprehension skills can help.

But claims that people can triple their reading speed or more (e.g., reading more than 15,000 words per minute, which is equivalent to reading a college-level textbook in less than 6 minutes) are ...

Speed reading is 'bulls--t': Science explains why you can't get through your inbox. By Andrew Taylor. October 13, 2019 — 12.00am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later.