Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Passive reading -a trap?

I had been reading older posts of many photoreaders from a few days, many have claimed to have got a 'feeling' of having read that text before, when in fact they had just photoread and went straight for regular reading. There were no questions, no postview, and no activation layers. Even a few beginners claimed to have experienced this.

Isn't this contradictory to our theory of activation with purpose and mind probing questions? How can this happen at first place?

Photoreading step enhances comprehension, then if these photoreaders benefit from passive reading, how can it be called a trap? shouldt it rather be called a slower way to activate material!?

thanks!

Proficient PhotoReaders always have a purpose. Preview is usually done in the bookshop or library, It takes 30 seconds, hardly worth mentioning. Don't assume they skipped the step.

Postviewing is the commencement of the activation layers that's where questions are formed and where one can start getting a sense of familiarity with the text. Again don't assume they didn't form questions, usually during postviewing if the book is merely a curiosity, WIIFM mindset, the PhotoReader will be seeking to define their purpose, even if the test seems familiar

For a PhotoReader there is no such thing as "regular reading" as you're apparently thinking of it. They use rapid reading which is a combination of all the reading techniques they have available to them.

Passive reading is simply reading without a purpose. Like walking through a forest taking any path and hoping to have found something worthwhile by the end, no matter how long it takes.

Active reading is planning that route through the forest, knowing what you need to find along the way and getting to the end sooner.

Alex