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Old 06-29-2010, 03:57 PM   #84
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Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
I should note that my reading speed is much slower in textbooks and journal articles. Still pretty fast, but way slower than for fiction. It's even slower than that for books I really dislike... assuming, that is, that the book doesn't just bounce off the wall rather than have me finish reading it.

This seems to be the constant for most people. I guess anything that triggers analysis and thinking slows down reading speed dramatically.
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