Each fixation will last ¼ to ½ seconds in the untrained subject. the size of a quarter at 8 inches from reading surface). Each of these saccades ends with a fixation, or a temporary snapshot of the text within you focus area (approx. You do not read in a straight line, but rather in a sequence of saccadic movements (jumps). You should complete the 20 minutes of exercises in one session.įirst, several definitions and distinctions specific to the reading process:Ī) Synopsis: You must minimize the number and duration of fixations per line to increase speed.
To perform the exercises in this post and see the results, you will need: a book of 200+ pages that can lie flat when open, a pen, and a timer (a stop watch with alarm or kitchen timer is ideal). If you understand several basic principles of the human visual system, you can eliminate inefficiencies and increase speed while improving retention.
By comparison, the average reading speed in the US is 200-300 wpm (1/2 to 1 page per minute), with the top 1% of the population reading over 400 wpm… It was tested with speakers of five languages, and even dyslexics were conditioned to read technical material at more than 3,000 words-per-minute (wpm), or 10 pages per minute. The PX Project, a single 3-hour cognitive experiment, produced an average increase in reading speed of 386%. In fact, while on an airplane in China two weeks ago, I helped Glenn McElhose increase his reading speed 34% in less than 5 minutes. This post is a condensed overview of principles I taught to undergraduates at Princeton University in 1998 at a seminar called the “PX Project.” The below was written several years ago, so it’s worded like Ivy Leaguer pompous-ass prose, but the results are substantial.
Increasing reading speed is a process of controlling fine motor movement-period. How much more could you get done if you completed all of your required reading in 1/3 or 1/5 the time?
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