Well, I done my personal test.
Remember I used 2 books in the same collection, about comparable subjects, political, small (about 100 pages) but with a lot of in formations and arguments.
I read normally one book, it took about 69 minutes. At the end at the book, I drawed a mind map using the summary. After that I noted eacht key idea I remembered about the book, on the mind map.
I photoread the other book and the day after, I activated it. It took about 12 minutes to prepare, preview and photoread the book. I activated it the day after, with 3 minutes of postview, and 2 sessions of 10 super reading and dipping (20 mn activation).
For the first book (normal reading), in about 69 minutes, results are:
- I remembered 9 key ideas.
- I had the good feeling I had left nothing unexplored, I read and understood the complete book.
For the second book (photoreading), in about 32 minutes
- I remembered 11 key ideas.
- I had the sentiment I left some interesting points and I had the feeling to read more. Maybe rapid read the book or 10 mn more of super reading and dipping.
My overall impression is positive for photoreading, but I have a mixed feeling.
I think that to remember more keys ideas with half the time is pretty good. But the feeling to left maybe important information is annoying, and I think if I dip more or if I rapid read, I’ll lose the benefit of photoreading, the quickness.
I suppose it depends of the material. This one was not really complex, but a little dense, with numbers. I suppose that more technical is the material, less we can go fast. For math for example, I can’t imagine super read and dip, or even rapid read. We need to fully understand one step to go with the next. But for less technical knowledge, it is good.
What do you think about?
Tomorrow, I’ll try another thing. I’ll draw a detailed mindmap of the 2 books, with looking at the books. To see if there is a difference of difficulty.
I think it would be a good idea to have predefined tests, texts with questions, to measure memory and understanding.