Did you know that when you read your eyes don’t glide along a page? They jump around. They do this all the time, from fixation to fixation, those is called saccades. In between they pause. This is what allows your brain to take bits of information it sees in rapid bursts. It is not every […]

People think that their reading speed is like their engine in a car: Faster is always better, so they aim to get more “horsepower.” When they try to improve reading speed, they fail because they assume this. There are some who can read six hundred words per minute, but they remember nothing. They’re not reading; […]

You want to read something, but you put the book down after three chapters because it is more work than you thought. This is the space for planning. You don’t have to read the pages faster; you just need to learn how to manage your time so reading feels possible again. The problem is most […]

After an extended break from study, you may find yourself forgetting much of what you read. You can recognize the words and even read them, yet they makes no sense to you. That’s not because you’re unlucky; it’s because something measurable has decayed as a result of disuse. Perhaps you believe that brain is like […]