TIL at the library that reading aloud to myself fixes my comprehension slump

I was skimming through Dune at the downtown branch and couldn't remember a single thing from the last three pages, so I whispered the next paragraph out loud and suddenly the political scheming actually made sense, has anyone else tried this for dense books?

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butler.patricia3d ago

I started doing this years ago with David McCullough's 1776, which is dense even for a history buff. Reading the troop movements out loud at my kitchen table was the only way I could keep the logistics straight. I also find it works best if I whisper with a little more energy than normal speech, almost like I'm acting it out. Your mileage may vary, but for me it turns skimming into actual reading somehow.

jenny_carr523d ago

Read somewhere that whispering activates your auditory memory in a totally different way than silent reading does.