it only takes about 2/3's (about 67%) as long. i'd expect a lower amount of time but closer to the 85-90% range. So my question is not why is there in increase, but why such a drastic one.
2007-09-29 02:33:54 · 3 answers · asked by kreacher92 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Rereading a text you have already read lets you use a form of speed reading. You start reading a paragraph. By the time you read the first sentence, your mind recalls the content and tells you you don't need to read it again, or tells you to refresh a person's name or a place or some other details. Or it tells you that what you remember reading before doesn't make sense now that you've read the rest of the text, so you probably got it wrong and should read it carefully. The mind is capable of a lot more than we are aware of.
2007-09-29 17:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the first time you read something, your brain is processing both the structure of the words on the page, and the meaning of each idea the words are describing.
Your brain then does such things as commiting the comprehended material to memory, and attaching keywords to those memories.
At a subsequent reading, your brain then only has to scan the text for those keywords, and then recall from memory the material which was attached to those keywords.
~ There are 10 types of people in the world: those who can understand binary, and those who can't. ~
2007-09-29 09:45:48 · answer #2 · answered by darxtar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first is exercises and then we are getting familiar and we are memorizing better to know.
2007-09-29 10:54:27 · answer #3 · answered by Tuncay U 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋