Nov 09
With PhotoReading you allow your other than conscious mind to process the information you read so even as a beginner you can cut your reading time to 1/3rd. (There is research that proves we do process visual information non-consciously.)
What does that mean for the student. Well for starters what took the beginner 3- days to [...] [...more]
Posted: under Goals, PhotoRead, Photoreading, Studying.
With PhotoReading you allow your other than conscious mind to process the information you read so even as a beginner you can cut your reading time to 1/3rd. (There is research that proves we do process visual information non-consciously.)
What does that mean for the student. Well for starters what took the beginner 3- days to do would only take one. One learns some study techniques that uses the creative procrastination (incubation) you can save yourself unnecessary stress.
Stress
Stress is also a problem. It inhibits the working memory so it doesn’t matter if you’re trying to get information in or pull it out you are going to experience even more difficulty understanding information.
PhotoReading is a whole mind system so it even teaches a way to handle stress. You learn a simple technique to enter the Accelerated Learning State. This state helps you to lower the stress levels, open the learning channels and lower resistance to learning. The Accelerated Learning State is a useful place to be to direct yourself on how you wish to continue and affirm your intent.
When you apply techniques like the 5-day PhotoReading test to a book you are learning a method for studying that you can us for any text for learning.
Mind Mapping
Mind mapping works it’s a great tool, however most people dislike it because it has so many rules. It’s easier to use when you keep it simple. When Mind Mapping group ideas with a single colour, and no more than three words to a line. In correct Mind Mapping it is only one word a line. Why I suggest 3? Lighten up and do it. You learn faster by having a simple starting point. It doesn’t have to hard and you can benefit from small steps.
Would this and the techniques of PhotoReading alone help you in your studies?
Sure it can, it can make it a lot easier to at least achieve the grade you manage now.
Can you improve your grade?
Absolutely possible and it probably will take a lot less effort than you put in now.
Is it possible that you won’t see any improvement even if you learn PhotoReading or any other study method?
Yes. It’s still possible you’ll fail miserably in the subjects you are studying. When that happens you need to have an honest look at yourself and ask yourself why are you studying this?
Many people are studying subjects their parents or other people think will make them rich or keep them well off in life. Noble as that ideal is it doesn’t work too well if you don’t like the subject. So the student who is not interested in the topic and has no has a reason of their own for studying, will struggle with the subject. The student works hard and succeeds with entry to an elite college and suddenly they find themselves failing to keep the grade. It often hits in the mid-first or second college year when they realise they are backsliding.
Thoughts like 3 more years of this and for what? I’m working my butt of and getting nowhere. Even, I hate this subject, what’s the point of it? These phrases point to a lack of a goal. We just don’t know why we are studying this nor have we planned how we’re going to use what we learned when we’re done. So we have no motivation to learn.
The solution? Find your goal. Where are you going to use what you learned. If you worked hard to get into the this class it means you had that as a goal. It gave you your purpose. And your purpose is what motivates you. You had a goal to enter that elite school on that subject and you succeeded. Now you need a goal to take you to the next point in your life.
Of course it’s possible we “really” dislike the subject and reality has set in. We struggled to make it into college. Then in college we need to struggle to keep the grade and then, do we really want to keep doing that as a career. Something we don’t find easy, we don’t enjoy, what we struggle at… for a career? Self-preservation makes sense. Fail it soon so you can choose an alternative more enjoyable career. You might say. But my parents want….” That is exactly the problem it’s what your parent want not what you want.
If you have no choice than to follow your parents wishes I suggest you add to your studies at least one subject that interests you. That is a small part of the career you would like to have even if it only is a dream. Then you can make it a goal to complete your studies with the best passing grade so you can free yourself up to do more of what you want. It gives you a purpose. A reason to complete your studies, do your assignments and have more free time to concentrate on the subject that interests you.
As you can see PhotoReading is a tool in the toolbox of life. It cannot be the solution to everything however it can be a powerful resource.
© Alex K Viefhaus 9 November 2005
Nov 05
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 [...] [...more]
Posted: under Science.
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 provides evidence that non-conscious visual processing takes place. Released 31 October 2005.
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“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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“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.
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“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. |
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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!
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…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.” |
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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.
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“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.” |
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From the News item released 31 October 2005 from Rice University Houston.
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“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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To view the article (Link)
Alex K. Viefhaus 2 November 2005 ©
