Speed-Reading Apps May Impair Reading Comprehension by Limiting Ability to Backtrack

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/speed-reading-apps-may-impair-reading-comprehension-by-limiting-ability-to-backtrack.html?utm_source=pressrelease&utm_medium=eureka&utm_campaign=speedreading

April 22, 2012

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.