Forty years ago, Donald Homa, a professor of psychology at Arizona State University specializing in memory and the visual perception of linguistic stimuli, was contacted by officials at the American ...

In the movie "Lucy," Scarlett Johansson plays a woman who ingests a drug that gives her super-intelligence, allowing her to read huge volumes of material in just minutes. In real life, the Boston tech ...

Reading is one of the most fundamental skills, and reading for pleasure can transform your health, memory, and productivity. In our age of information overload, however, it can feel like there isn’t ...

Covers of new editions of books by Franz Kafka. (Photo: MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images) “The prospect of speed reading—reading at an increased speed without any loss of comprehension—has undeniable ...

Are you a whole word or skimmer reader? The average reader can consume 300 words per minute, and if you are skimming, it can go up to 700 words per minute. With how much information you take in during ...

Because, while your brain is processing a ‘get ready with me’ in video form, giving it a written version might slow it down. If you’re looking to get through your next book in record time, this viral ...