Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mnetor.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!sophie From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) Newsgroups: net.cog-eng Subject: Re: Re: Re: Speed Reading Message-ID: <1384@mnetor.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 15:24:48 EDT Article-I.D.: mnetor.1384 Posted: Thu Jul 18 15:24:48 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 16:25:31 EDT References: <1573@orca.UUCP> <292@ucdavis.UUCP> <1222@mnetor.UUCP> <2666@topaz.ARPA> Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lines: 25 > In article <1222@mnetor.UUCP>, sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) writes: > > ...a program flashing one word at a time producing some > increase in speed with no loss of comprehension, by > decreasing the total amount of eye-movements (paraphrase)... > > > Were any optometrists' opinion asked on these matters? I am sure that > > even if there are some short term gains to be had from this kind of > > technique, the long-term side-effects (reduced vision due to lack of > > exercise of eye muscles) probably far outweigh them. > > Some speculation: > > I wouldn't think there would be a significant weakening of the eye > muscles due to the amount of use they see :-). No speculation: my own vision varies greatly depending on how much exercise my eye muscles get. I am not alone in this. According to my optometrist, most people who develop myopia after the age of 12 have a type of myopia who is caused not by some deformation of the eyes, but by problems with the eye muscles. Sorry, I cannot be more precise about this. I don't really know much more about the topic. -- Sophie Quigley {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|linus|watmath}!utzoo!mnetor!sophie