Speed-reading apps may impair reading comprehension by limiting ability to backtrack
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 12:01
in Health & Medicine
To address the fact that many of us are on the go and pressed for time, app developers have devised speed-reading software that eliminates the time we supposedly waste by moving our eyes as we read. But don't throw away your books, papers, and e-readers just yet -- research suggests that the eye movements we make during reading actually play a critical role in our ability to understand what we've just read.