Scientific Research Provides Evidence of the Validity of the PhotoReading Step
If you have read the PhotoReading book or done the PhotoReading course, you have learned that we have a preconscious processor and to access that you need to change the way you focus on the book. Still looking for the proof that we even have a preconscious processor? And would we be able to access this without our primary focus?
Well now we know.
As a PhotoReading Instructor I am excited to see this new research from the Rice University Houston. It proves that non-conscious visual processing takes place. Released 31 October 2005.
“Out of sight, out of Mind? Not necessarily
Researchers at Rice University show that visual information is processed
Even when the brain’s visual cortex is temporarily shut down.”
“Visual information can be processed unconsciously when the area of the brain that records what the eye sees is temporarily shut down, according to research at Rice University in Houston.
The research, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ (PNAS) online Early Edition, suggests the brain has more than one pathway along which visual information can be sent.
It’s almost 20 years since Paul R Scheele introduced PhotoReading to the public. Teaching a method that uses less of our primary focus and more of our peripheral focus during PhotoReading. During the PhotoReading step we do all that we can to quieten the conscious mind to allow non-conscious processing to take place. We even change our primary focus to peripheral focus to allow the non-conscious mind to accept and process the information first.
“In addition to providing direct evidence that unconscious processing takes place within the brain - a controversial claim that was advanced by the likes of Sigmund Freud and William James - our results suggest that multiple pathways relay visual input into the central nervous system for different types of processing,” Ro said.
The most daunting task that a PhotoReading Instructor has is convincing the learner that something can happen at the other than conscious mind. To convince the learner the mind can take in information at a non-conscious level and processing at a non-conscious level takes place.
While there have been 100,000 of people who have successfully learned PhotoReading many have been too skeptical to even try. Some have even argued the PhotoReading step is a placebo effect.
Everyone has witnessed a martial artist breaking blocks of cement with their bare hands and most people wisely don’t try it. However the only difference between those who can break cement blocks with their bare hands and those who can’t is taking the time to learn how. And if it’s something you want to do you only need to learn.
For the PhotoReading step we teach the student to change their focus. We aim to turn off the conscious awareness of the words and allow the other than conscious mind to see the words for processing. For many it is hard to believe that it is possible for the mind to process information that appears blurred to the primary visual consciousness. Well yes, it can!
…Tony Ro, associate professor of psychology and principal investigator for the study. “Even though the human primary visual cortex activity was temporarily shut down, it’s clear that detailed visual information was still being processed unconsciously.”
Without scientific evidence that non-conscious visual processing takes place PhotoReading has many skeptics. How can it work? Is an often asked question. Is the PhotoReading step just a placebo? 100,000s of people use PhotoReading successfully to discover the ability of the mind by trying and using the steps taught. Letting the results speak for themselves. While the skeptics prefer to wait for proof.
At last there is scientific evidence that “unconscious processing takes place within the brain”
To me the most exciting part about this research is, the participant temporarily blinded by interrupting the normal visual pathway. This highlights a non-conscious visual process.
During the PhotoReading step we use a technique to interrupt the normal way of focusing on the words. Since the conscious mind processes information entering the fovea. We teach you how to use the peripheral focus to bypass conscious processing. Now there this scientific research suggests that Paul Scheele has it right. We are able to process information non-consciously and it happens without primary focus.
I have no doubt there is room for more research into how the mind processes the information non-consciously. For me this experiment is the most intense piece of evidence about why PhotoReading works. Because the research isn’t about PhotoReading. It research mind of the mind that proves “non-conscious processing” and that it used a technique that “interrupted the normal visual process”. Two key aims in the PhotoReading step.
The whole system goes even further. While now there is scientific evidence that non conscious processing takes place in the brain. PhotoReading Whole Mind System teaches you how to become consciously aware of the information with activation.
“In addition to providing direct evidence that unconscious processing takes place within the brain - a controversial claim that was advanced by the likes of Sigmund Freud and William James - our results suggest that multiple pathways relay visual input into the central nervous system for different types of processing,” Ro said. “And our study also begins to shed light on the brain structures that are necessary for consciousness, with the primary visual cortex playing an essential role for visual awareness.”
From the News item released 31 October 2005 from Rice University Houston.
“Out of sight, out of Mind? Not necessarily
Researchers at Rice University show that visual information is processed
Even when the brain’s visual cortex is temporarily shut down.”
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Written by Alex K. Viefhaus 2 November 2005 ©
AlexK Viefhaus Is a certified PhotoReading Instructor teaching PhotoReading in Australia.