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nyrath · 08-09-2010, 01:14 PM

I read fairly quickly, but I have an excuse.

Back in the early 1960's when I was in grade school, I was among the students who scored high enough (color code purple) on the SRA Reading Kit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science...rch_Associates
to be allowed some training with a weird gizmo that I now know was a tachistoscope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachistoscope
I am now a fast reader, and do tend to notice things that flash by quickly.

However, correlation does not imply causation, so I do not know if my tachistoscope training created my speed reading, or if I was just born a fast reader and the tachistoscope did absolutely nothing.

08-09-2010, 01:14 PM	#28
nyrath Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 52007 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: nook	I read fairly quickly, but I have an excuse. Back in the early 1960's when I was in grade school, I was among the students who scored high enough (color code purple) on the SRA Reading Kit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science...rch_Associates to be allowed some training with a weird gizmo that I now know was a tachistoscope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachistoscope I am now a fast reader, and do tend to notice things that flash by quickly. However, correlation does not imply causation, so I do not know if my tachistoscope training created my speed reading, or if I was just born a fast reader and the tachistoscope did absolutely nothing.