| Reading is activity that begins with our eyes and | | | | you can relate to the emotions that may occur |
| ends deep within our brain. Our eyes are the | | | | during economic crisis. And you may have lost |
| cameras that capture the image that we look at, | | | | something that meant a lot to you, so you can |
| and begin the process of sending the image to | | | | relate to the general sense of loss. |
| the brain to search for understanding. The brain is | | | | No one can possibly experience all the things that |
| both the CPU...or Central Processing Unit, and the | | | | are written about in the world's books. For |
| Hard Drive...or short and long-term database. | | | | example, you've probably never waded barefoot |
| The process starts when your brain outputs the | | | | through a swamp infested with deadly snakes in |
| information from that database, the database | | | | an attempt to find their nest. You've probably |
| that knows and understands the English language. | | | | never fought a raging fire in an isolated forest. |
| As your eyes see the words on the page of the | | | | And you've almost certainly never piloted a |
| book, the message those words convey is | | | | twin-engine plane across the Atlantic or attempted |
| processed with the help of the database. | | | | to fly a hot-air balloon around the world. |
| Understanding occurs. New data (or knowledge) is | | | | Does the speed at which you read and process |
| input into your brain's reserve, or your memory. | | | | information really make a difference in your |
| Reading, then, consists of outputting, processing, | | | | learning ability? Absolutely! |
| and inputting. | | | | Why? Because when you learn to read more |
| Brain Enhancement and Speed Reading programs | | | | quickly-and, in the process, to better understand |
| strengthen the eye-brain connection through | | | | what you're reading-you begin to actually process |
| high-speed imaging on your computer. The | | | | more information. Simply put, your brain |
| stimulation helps create new dendrites within brain | | | | processes things more quickly. The result? Your |
| cells, and stimulates the release of chemicals | | | | brain processes more-and you remember more. |
| within the brain that enhances our brain's | | | | Your learning ability is enhanced. |
| processing speed. | | | | There's a simple formula that explains the whole |
| Most think that reading is nothing more than | | | | concept: |
| putting information into your brain. In reality, | | | | Amount of Knowledge x Processing Speed = |
| though, reading is a complex activity that involves | | | | Learning Ability |
| a type of database and an active frame of | | | | Can you see how it works? Your learning ability |
| reference. | | | | depends on how quickly you can process greater |
| Here's how it works: Let's say you read a book | | | | amounts of knowledge. Reading faster lets you |
| about the struggles of a family who lost their | | | | store unprecedented amounts of knowledge |
| farm during an economic crisis. You can read and | | | | (because you can read so much more than you |
| understand the content of that book because it's | | | | ever have) and lets you process it at |
| written in English. And you have a "database" in | | | | unprecedented speeds (since your eyes are |
| your brain that can process the sentence | | | | taking it in more rapidly than they ever have). |
| structure of material that is written in the English | | | | The result: greater learning ability than you've |
| language. | | | | ever had. |
| There's more than just language in your brain's | | | | That's not all: the system you're about to learn will |
| database and language isn't the only thing that | | | | exercise both sides of your brain, which will |
| contributes to your learning ability. | | | | enhance understanding, judgment, and memory. |
| Your collective experiences are also part of the | | | | What does that mean in real life? Plenty. Because |
| database in your brain. And those experiences | | | | reading becomes easier, you enjoy it more. When |
| contribute to your ability to learn because they | | | | you enjoy it more, you do it more often. Reading |
| increase your understanding. | | | | does more than just provide information. Studies |
| Remember the book about the family who loses | | | | have found that people who are avid readers can |
| their farm in an economic crisis? You're likely to | | | | express themselves better, have greater |
| have several experiences that help you process | | | | comprehension, get better grades in school, and |
| what you're reading. You are part of a family, for | | | | do better at all kinds of work. Part of the reason |
| example. At some time in your life you've | | | | is that learning ability of all kinds is increased. |
| probably had less money than you needed, so | | | | |