Isn't it hard to speed read though? Are you able to take in all the information you receive from reading every single word so fast? 

Isn't it hard to speed read though? Are you able to take in all the information you receive from reading every single word so fast? 

I like challenging activities(Osu SC2 DevilDaggers SkullGirls) but I did a wpm (word per minute) reading test first and got 241 with 91% accuracy. Average for computer was something like 200wpm 60% accuracy, but I have alot of practice being meticulous, even if sometimes I misphrase things. My comprehension was high, probably due to reading when I was younger and excessive forum discussion time.

So far with speed reading though I end up understanding what I read a second or so after I read it. Then sometimes I accidentally miss a word, but my peripheral vision deciphers what is is now when that happens. I also have enough time to daydream but daydreaming is more movement related sorta like you are producing the movie, instead of watching a movie, so its somewhat more real time, and I might not care to imagine some parts like meticulous details, or read some parts if its going very off on a tangent I don't particularly care about, like a more detailed explanation into what I already understood the first time. The imagination can be inconsistent, but I tend to dwell on the parts I enjoy more, rather than say imagining every lip movement.

Also I view it as related to this study http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3679I am somewhat busy tho so it might not be the precise article I wanted to share which was comparing it to turn based games which only improve accuracy not accuracy and speed. So I view it like playing speed chess compared to playing chess with no time limits. This means my processing for imagination will be just as accurate but get faster, thus I can cram more imagination per second.

Also I didn't think reading would improve decision-making but I was wrong, because I need to choose which parts to imagine and for how long, so its probably the best thing I can do, if it were not for the dry eyes issue.

I see. So this is like effective speed decision (reflexes) making? Or like effective speed information gathering?  

What would you use this ability for (anything planned for the future)? 

I see. So this is like effective speed decision (reflexes) making? Or like effective speed information gathering?

 

What would you use this ability for (anything planned for the future)? 

I am somewhat paranoid about declining mental health after poor sleep and social stress essentially gave me a breakdown which effected me for a couple years. So I am basically doing it to avoid dementia and similar things in late adulthood and because I think it'd be good to have a more efficient brain and such. Also I am curious about skills carrying over into other games or such. I have done alot of research into the brain in correlation to videogames, through googling studies. Also looked up some about reading. Sometimes I theorize over what sort of complex games would yield the most benefits. Each game helps different areas typically though.

But yeah if you think faster and gather information faster all decisions will be more efficient which can lead to more opportunities sometimes perhaps. Similar to confidence. 

But being near-sighted, and avoiding glasses use at it causes the visual cortex to become less efficient (despite helping people live longer) instead I would exercise my contrast vision playing fps games and turning down the brightness alot and then even wearing sunglasses on top of that, while on a treadmill and changing the sensitivity between minimum and maximum in a cod game before. Haven't gotten the treadmill in us lately though, being being physically healthy helps the brain too.

And because of my split interests I am not pro level at any game despite having plenty of spare time, but this is I think probably the most information per second at top tiers and helps the visual cortex so may transfer to other areas more readily. Because I notice pros in a game learn new nuances in their games faster than casuals. This is due to experience of course so they know how to optimize it faster and have the habit of optimizing somewhat. So its not like if a new dlc character for a fighting game occurs they suddenly have to learn from scratch, they utilize similar behaviors and mechanics to learn faster from more correctly approximating their ranges of skills and the uses of them. But long story short, you need the attentiveness in order to notice how to optimize anyways, and know the limits of each mechanic or ability etc. 

So I am not sure also, if learning alot of games, or mastering one is better, but I don't keep up regularly with my split interests but.

Sorta rambling, but pros at reading for instance read 1,000 wpm. Thats 3x faster than what I am currently doing, 4-5x faster than the average. When I look at the data in a SC2 study for how often pros respond to new information, its 40 times a minute max, with people just starting to try and get good get 20 maximum. Granted sc2 has alot of data at once, and it involves planning in response to new information not just being a robot, and muscle memory through repetition ensures they go through the process faster. But, theres more range to improve with speed reading being 3x for me, rather than +33% give or take for me in sc2, and I already learned the roles of the units and such for the most part.

Reading fiction also has alot more diverse content, which makes it less rigorous, but the variability in word use and contexts etc because theres a much higher ceiling on variation than even sc2 has, I figure it preps the mind to respond to various information faster, but half of this is me considering it now.

I think its far simpler, like sc2 has a training program that can indirectly be used to exercise the 20-40 a minute number (PACs, perception action cycles) at higher than that, and in that game it can lag because it generates a new game state every half a second, and the games have recording for replays so too much goes on it starts to lag loading each state even with an ok desktop (1500$ desktop from a year ago, I tried value buys too). But this program can prolly run fine on a basic laptop, and it has a potentially higher quantity of exercising that PAC stuff than sc2 can.

Granted its far less standardized or organized and its not even competitive, how would that work lol, so it snot one mind vs another mind exactly. But reading also reduces stress, when competitive games increase it. Also it helps empathy, so it might promote better comprehension of opponents anyways if you wanted to mindgame or predict. So I think its easier to get into, can do it for longer without as much issues (like from stress or RSI, repetitive stress injury), the mind has to prepare for a greater diversity of cognitive stimuli if you imagine it at once as well. It just seems like its a higher potential brain status increase. Also if you wanted you could probably read a fiction thats intentionally an exercise in imagination with it.

instead I would exercise my contrast vision playing fps games and turning down the brightness alot and then even wearing sunglasses on top of that, while on a treadmill and changing the sensitivity between minimum and maximum in a cod game before.

Holy moly!! Respect!  

But yeah, I have heard that with pro SC2 players, it's more than just training yourself with being fast at reflexes and repeating a lot of things over and over again. But a lot of stress yes. The games are really fast an often very unpredictable when against a human foe. 

Does this fast reading involve being able to read what your opponent is likely to do or any other likewise material where you try to read into another person quickly and determine what they might do? 

Because of reading being symbols, and fiction's diversity there may be some skill transferal if you do know what to note and what to look for to note but it won't be direct skill transfer it'll be indirect. You might learn how to read them faster, but you won't just suddenly get skill towards it for no reason. But being able to speed read, if I had to figure out what it transfers to more specifically, it'd be quality of reading the information the opponent has, but reading is more disconnected it'd be more tangential. Like, how does playing tetris improve cod skills? Its sorta hard to figure out. If anything I may be overthinking it and the stress reduction from reading may have a larger impact on gameplay than speed-reading itself.

But it should improve visual attentiveness for sure, along with visual processing speed. But because its not directly related to coordination it is likely going to be a fraction of the transfer unless I mix activities. But imagination/thought speed improvement also generally helps planning in response to new information as well because you can go over a strategy faster and more correctly. But not as good as if you received coaching for instance.

Like, an athlete can be better in other sports than the common person even if they have not tried it before and would theoretically be even. I am sort of going for something like that but with the brain. In which case I should exercise more for more fluid intelligence.

But um, if you speed-read mystery novels or a novel where its two intelligent minds trying to best each other then it'd probably transfer more, or if it involves someone who can point out what information a person gives and make an accurate deduction from it. It'd help you prime your mind more for such a thing as SC2 in those contexts, than say a romance thing, though romance involves understanding people too so maybe it still helps some. 

Its really hard to say, but I would say if you wanted to improve at a specific game, with speed-reading, it'd have to be fanfiction involving the game or a typed out coaching-type article. But even then it may get technical, and not help unless you memorize it, for a game like sc2, but for a team game it'd probably help with the basics.

Also with the cod game half the time I was using pistol only like that. Getting the first kills were hard and I think whilst doing that the best I did was like 10 kills 21 deaths. With aim assists off on console.

Best way to improve in an individual game is to play it, best way to improve in multiple games is to play them (coaching too) and best way to improve the brain is to be physically fit and mentally fit. And I just think this is a good exercise, most of this comment is speculation or approximation.

Another thing I just remembered, brain healing processes are associated to the imagination or daydreaming processes, a pretty solid indicator if you ask me.

Trying to find where I read it

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-benefits-of-daydreaming-170189213/Nifty but not what I was looking for

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Another one suggests it improves attention like I thought.

But I thought I read before it shares circuits in common with REM when we sleep which aids brain repair/health at night.

Eye strain. Man why is no hobby right to just funnel a few hours into lol.

I've actually been studying on REM (Rapid Eye Movement) in psychology in school. Quite interesting how we have a few modes that we go through when we sleep. 

But does daydreaming help heal the brain? 

I've actually been studying on REM (Rapid Eye Movement) in psychology in school. Quite interesting how we have a few modes that we go through when we sleep. 

 

But does daydreaming help heal the brain? 

I think it did but couldn't find it so its possible I misrecalled it. I know if you meditate a fraction of it is counted towards sleep though. Also in particular I thought what i read suggested it had a similar neural pathway, but I cannot seem to find it. 

Oh well this is curious http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-neuroscientist-group-daydreaming-brain-social.html 

And this keeps getting mentioned alot so probably relevant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_mode_network#Function