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Sorry, You Can’t Speed Read
The New York Times: OUR favorite Woody Allen joke is the one about taking a speed-reading course. “I read ‘War and Peace’ in 20 minutes,” he says. “It’s about Russia.” The promise of speed reading
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The Harsh Truth About Speed-Reading
The Kernel: For a long time, people have claimed to be able to read very quickly without any loss of comprehension—and many have claimed to teach this amazing skill. President Kennedy was one famous speed-reader
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To Spot a Liar, Listen Closely
In an analysis of public remarks by corporate fraudsters, psychological researchers identified certain speech patterns the executives fell into while lying.
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Speed Reading Promises Are Too Good to Be True, Scientists Find
Learning to speed read seems like an obvious strategy for making quick work of all the emails, reports, and other pieces of text we encounter every day, but a comprehensive review of the science behind
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The Role of Predictive Analytics in Policing
As I have pointed out to members of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, the major omission not only of that report, but of also the article presented in December 2015 in Psychological
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Speed reading slows comprehension, study says
The Boston Globe: In July 2007, six-time World Speed Reading Champion Anne Jones read the final Harry Potter novel in 47 minutes flat, whizzing through 4,200 words per minute. Most people read about 200 to
