Enhancing reading speed: the reading acceleration effect in Italian adult readers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Enhancing reading efficiency is of paramount importance in various academic, professional and clinical domains. Previous research, mostly from a single laboratory, has shown that externally imposed time constraints by means of text fading can enhance reading fluency in children and adults with varying reading abilities and in different languages.

Methods

In the present study, we aimed at replicating and extending previous results in Italian readers. Three experiments (N = 90) were conducted: (i) to investigate the effects of continuous fading compared to character-wise fading, (ii) to investigate the influence of enlarged inter-letter spacing on reading acceleration outcomes, and (iii) to probe whether reading gains can be reliably observed off-line (after the a

SUBMITTER: Zamfira DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11322054 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature