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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I visualized what I was reading when I was younger, too. But in my case, it had nothing to do with the ability weakening with age. I just stopped doing it because visualization was slowing me down. It became a hindrance to my reading; an extra, distracting layer. I watch a movie if I want that kind if stimulus.
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It does seem I read slower than people around here or other heavy readers (though maybe not slower than the average joe) so I wonder if what you say has anything to do with it. I'm not sure I could control it though. The visualisations usually just pop into my mind's eye (here and there) as I read without purposely trying.
I will say this though- I visualise the most with really absorbing books, but I also seem to read the fastest with really absorbing books. I still think there could be a case for visualising slowing down my reading with anything less than the most absorbing books, however.