Photoreading

[bhouncy]

Has anyone used photoreading in any form?

Here is why I ask. I am reading Derren Brown's book Tricks of the Mind and I'm on the section on memory. He rips apart photoreading saying that no one can recall a page perfectly after a brief glance. Even savants don't remember in perfect detail. Another slate was that the unconscious doesn't magically read the whole page. I've seen Derren in one of his shows getting a librarian to pick any book from the library and then Derren flicks through the book and hands it back. The librarian then picks a page and Derren recites some of the paragraph. Is he using photoreading? Or is it just one of his 'tricks'?

[Jay Budzynski]

Hello

I have been playing with Photoreading for almost 8 years- There has been no climes by Paul Scheele  or the photoreading community- would allow you to remember a page perfectly- Photoreading reading came out of Paul Scheele’s research into how some of the fastest readers do just that.

 
What you have to remember about Mr Brown is he is a show man- and a magician- even though he most certainly very skilful in his work- a part of is work is to be controversial- to some degree-

 
Paul Scheele Who in my opinion is one of the very best educationalist the words has- and Paul Scheele’s company Learning Strategies- as been in business for 26 years- Photoreading is one of the worlds most cutting edge- learning technologies- that has Helped me- to take my NLP and learning skills- beyond and level I would have been able with just basic reading skills.


You can get more and better answers than this- at www.learningStrategies.com check the forums out where you have direct access to LSC staff and coaches.
I hope this was helpful-

LJ

[bhouncy]

Thanks Jay. I'm still a little confused. Have you got Mr Brown's phone number as I want to know what he's up to  . He does say at the start of the book that he will be completely honest if not entirely open. Anyway...

On the subject of memory do you know of any resources on the net of lists on certain subjects that can be memorized using the link system? Not like a book but rather just a list. For example there might be one with a list of all the parts of the brain. It would then be up to me to link them together in humorous ways.

Thanks

Brian

[Jay Budzynski]

Hi

ok the link might give you a few thinks to look at it’s a huge site very basic- in the way it looks- yet a gold mine- for home educators- Schools- and people who just want to be look around.
http://www.happychild.org.uk


This site is not quite like your asking for- the quickest way to get list- is to got to the library get a few books on the topics you want make sure that book as a glossary- and there is your list.
Memorizing list might be good to build up your vocabulary- yet there is a knowledge gap- so if your going to just memorize list- just as an aid to boost your vocabulary- then that’s fine- yet it might help to read the book that you are getting the list from. So have a data reference- to help with hooking the memory in place-

 
Memory- works on a number of ideas- association- movement- and location- so the more you know about the contents of the list- the richer the memory will be.


I would recommend getting Tony Buzan’s books- Use your head- The Speed reading book- Master your memory**-  the last book as a huge amount of things/list  to memorize- like body parts- history dates- composers- artist- plays- etc.


If you want a good memory programme then “Quantum Memory” by Dominic O’Brien is pretty good-
Mega memory By Kevin Trudoe is also a very interesting programme and was very popular in the USA in the late 80s- the mind 90s


The Classic books by Harry Lorayne have a lot of cool memory tricks- that might be worth a look at.
Memory optimizer By Paul Scheele and Vera Birkenbihl as an very interesting way- of looking at
memory- and how memories are organized-


The Learning Revolution by Gordon Dryden & Dr. Jeannette Vos is also a incredible book that covers a lot of topics- on learning how to learn.    And you can read it online (www.thelearningweb.net)

LJ

[bhouncy]

Thanks again Jay. Lot's of stuff to look into. I've done the link system in the past for a couple of lists of random objects and found it effect. Now I want to focus on certain subjects and use the system much more so it becomes more automatic as well as being relevant. The glossary tip is a cracker . I'm also reading Sleight of Mouth. I love it. I've been using some of the patterns already with some of my thoughts and it is a real eye opener. Very useful.

be well mucker

Brian