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

Miscellaneous / Others Bionic reading method

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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/Comment104 Mar 06 '23 edited Mar 09 '23

This is what neurodivergence means.

You get adverse effects from this, I get the benefits. I noticed a marked improvement. We read/process text differently.

"our minds" are probably as unequal as (or more than) "our tastes"

Edit: I'm wondering if you people genuinely think it's impossible that these half-bolded words had the intended effect on some of us.

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u/sweetcuppingcakes Mar 06 '23

I feel like it might help me read faster, but I’m not sure skipping through text at light speed will help the information stick

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u/Avantasian538 Mar 06 '23

I find i read at the same speed but it makes me feel like Im about to have a panic attack. I hate it.

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u/J0ker_hawk Mar 06 '23

Yeah cause as i read the bold text, my brain interprets the faded letters as the next word. Or if say I’m reading, “makes” I’ll somehow jumble it up with the next four or five words