Left-Brain Reader and Right-Brain Reader- find out
Left-Brain
Reader and Right-Brain
Reader – which one do you belong? Find out!
Recently researches were carried out to determine the difference between a left-brain reader and a right-brain reader. A special apparatus was constructed, consisting of a television screen to present the reading material, with a cursor that the subject had to fixate upon. Eye-movements were monitored electronically, so the cursor would move when the subject moved his eyes.
The
equipment could be set up in two modes. In the first mode, material to the left
of the cursor would blank out on the screen, if the subject attempted to move
his fixation point to the right of the cursor. In the second mode, material to
the right of the cursor would blank out, if the subject attempted to move his
fixation point to the left of the cursor.
In the first (left-brain) mode, when words to
the left of the cursor blanked out, preventing the subject from regressing or
back-skipping, this duplicated the habitual pattern of a left-brain reader, who
always reads one or more words ahead of a particular fixation point. In the
second (right-brain) mode, when words to the right of the cursor blanked out,
preventing the subject from anticipating by reading one or two words ahead of
the fixation point, this duplicated the habitual pattern of a right-brain
reader, who tends to re-read the words leading up to a particular fixation
point. This equipment was tested on a group of 30 subjects.
When
the equipment was set- up in the left-brain mode, the maximum observed average
reading speed of the group was 1600 w.p.m., and when the equipment was set-up
in the right brain mode, the maximum observed average reading speed of the
group was 95 w.p.m.; a difference of 17:1. Note: with material presented in the
left-brain mode the average reading speed of the group was raised from 500
w.p.m. to 1600
w.p.m.;
it was more than trebled. Without the specialised equipment described above,
this test is somewhat subjective, although it should give you a good
indication. The steps are as follows:
1.
Take a novel and read this silently whilst running your finger along the line
of print as you read it.
2.
Note carefully: How far are you reading ahead of your fixation point? The
fixation point is determined by your finger position.
3.
Do you find that it is difficult to read ahead of the fixation point? Do you
find that you are holding on to the two or three words you have just read? If
the answer to 2. is yes, and you are reading ahead of the fixation point, you
are a left-brain reader. If the answer to 3. is yes, and attention is drawn
back to the words that you have already read, then you are a right-brain
reader.
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