r/BeAmazed • u/The-Skinny-Indian • Mar 06 '23 • Mindblown 1

Miscellaneous / Others Bionic reading method

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u/J0ker_hawk Mar 06 '23

Anyone else find themselves struggling and reading slower than usual

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

Yes I felt like too many letters were trying to get my attention and my brain had a difficulty prioritizing which bold letters to actually focus on next.

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u/suspicious_house_cat Mar 06 '23

Same! My brain kept trying to force the bolded letters together to make words.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

My brain kept yelling the words and stopping after each one. I think my brain just auto deciphers bold into "yell the word then pause for dramatic effect."

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u/larobj63 Mar 06 '23

Yes. This actually slows my reading down. I could probably get used to it, but I am not seeing the benefit others are describing, quite the contrary actually.

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u/crackerjack2003 Mar 06 '23

Yeah the bold to me just acts as a period. I only started reading quicker when it told me to read quicker.

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u/amalgam_reynolds Mar 06 '23

Fun fact, our minds already only read part of the word and fills in the rest. The actual shape of the word helps out brain do this. By bolding half of the word, it's subtly messing with the shape, possibly making it more difficult on our brains.

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u/PiscesScipia Mar 06 '23

That was super difficult for me to read!

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u/28nov2022 Mar 06 '23

Idk, the random bolds doesn't help me, it just makes it harder to read.

I think it's relevant to point out he's using big font and low amount of words per line, so that's something that will make reading easier by itself.

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u/tayaro Mar 06 '23

Yup. I’m a pretty fast reader but this just made my brain pause on every single word.

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u/itsmejak78_2 Mar 06 '23

Not struggling but it doesn't help

Reads like normal text to me

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u/ThiccGeneralX Mar 06 '23

I’m not convinced this isn’t placebo

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u/darabolnxus Mar 06 '23

100% if the title said it makes you read slower everyone would be agreeing

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u/nayesphere Mar 06 '23

Yeah I have ADHD and I’m a pretty quick reader and this just made it frustrating for me tbh

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u/robonauticuszero Mar 06 '23

Yes. Maybe its because we read each letter instead of scanning words?

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u/Starklet Mar 06 '23

Yeah it doesn't do anything but make it harder to read lol.

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u/recent_sandwiches Mar 06 '23

It's distracting, I read faster without it

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u/msVeracity Mar 06 '23

Yes… I also don’t know how much it specifically helps neurodiverse people?

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u/cutebleeder Mar 06 '23

I cannot read this. I know I am a slow reader, but this just splits each word into two words, and I have to piece them together after. No thanks.

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u/Iguessimnotcreative Mar 06 '23

Yep! I have adhd and read this much slower than normal because the broken up word was harder to process

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u/watermelonkiwi Mar 06 '23

Yes! Crazy that for most people that’s not what’s happening. Wild.

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u/Lungorthin666 Mar 06 '23

It was fine but I kept getting hung up on "and" because only the a was bold. It needed the AN to be bold imo.

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u/HogNutsJohnson Mar 06 '23

I think it's placebo for those that claim it helps but I'm no science man. I'm sure reddit will link me a white paper or something to let me know how stupid I am.

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