Middle memory is something they recently found in memory research. It's a medium term memory that holds the information for about 24 hours and then dumps it. Not storing it in the long term memory yet it's available longer than short term memory. It's like remembering someone's phone number of the day and then because you didn't do anything to store it in the long term memory it dumps it. A use it again or lose it. It feels to me that some books we read with traditional reading wind up in that part of the memory. If we don't do something with it like talk about it straight away it seems to disappear. That appears to happen even more with speed reading. Because we have it even less in our short term conscious memory. I'm looking forward to hearing more of this research it might go to explain why kids have so much difficulty learning at school not just in relation to reading.
Jack, Speed reading skills have their place move faster and you're superreading. If combining the skills is slowing you down then the problem isn't a choice of either PhotoReading or speed reading. The problem is being a passive reader only faster. Ask Mind probing questions. Turn chapter heading into questions. Trust your superreading to give you enough from dipping. As I tried to explain. The problem is that speed readers won't slow down for a moment to get the PhotoReading system working by establishing a clear purpose (how am I going to use this) and asking mind probing questions that they never really move beyond speed reading every book that has an inkling of interest to that body mind connection where you PhotoRead a book and know you don't or do need to "read it." And move onto the sections that holds the gems that the conscious mind needs to be aware of to work with.
The conscious mind only knows for a fraction of the moment. Then it jumps to other thoughts. The question is is this what you needed to know in the moment? How does it serve you even having had conscious awareness of the idea that you read?
I suggest you spend only 15 minutes with a few books. In that time prepare, preview, PhotoRead and postview the book.
AlexK
