Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Is this effective?

I was in class tonight and the speaker was getting a little boring so I decided to speedread the textbook while he spoke. I didn't want to give the impression that I wasn't listening either so here's what I would do. I would go into photofocus on a page, then look up at the instructor, flip the page and go back into photofocus. I did this for the entire book.

My question is "How effective is this?" I didn't have any probably going in and out of PhotoFocus state (I saw the "blip" no problem) but am wondering if doing it like this is ineffective or at best marginally effective. Also, would the additionally stimuli of the instructor speaking hurt the effectiveness?

Speedread? in photofocus?

Purpose, affirmation and close for each page? Could work, when you entered the appropriate state with each 'focus'.

Frankly if the speaker is getting a little boring I'd just start flip flip flipping the pages (staying in photofocus after having stated my purpose etc) and maybe speaker would liven up the talk a little seeing this.

If it's effective? I'd say it would probably depend on how effective you find your activations in general and compare for yourself. Perhaps a better time to preview and pull out trigger words than actually attempt to photoread. Great practice for seeing the blip page though. Seeing it only takes about 4-6 minutes to photoread the average book if activation seems elusive then just photoread it again.

See what works for you. Remember if you have doubts (which by your post suggests you do) then your doubts will probably reduce the effectiveness. As for instructor speaking hurting the effectiveness, photoreaders can photoread anywhere with experience.

Alex

Were you raised to be a "good" kid? If you were, and the instructor was boring, it highly likely that you wouldn't want to give the 'wrong impression' by not listening, but would it really be the wrong impression? There are of course other reasons you would want to appear to be listening, but I've found that if a teacher/instructor is boring you, and you decide to go into the material while they're talking, they'll either think you're interested in the material, but not his voice. Wouldn't that be exactly what you should send to receive anyway?

For me, it usually doesn't matter when, how, where, or why I do PhotoFocus in whatever fashion I see fit. However, I find that it's usually best, at least for me, to be immersed in the material through a constant full out state during activation, taking in everything I can for at least 20 minutes straight with nothing else around me.

-youngprer