Bionic Reading is a new way of reading text that uses a patented algorithm to highlight the most important parts of words, making it easier and faster to read. The method was developed by a German software developer named Renato Cukar, who was inspired by the way the human eye reads text.

Bionic Reading works by highlighting the most important parts of words, which helps the eye to follow the text more smoothly and efficiently. This makes it easier to read longer passages of text, and can also help to improve comprehension.

Bionic Reading is available as a free Chrome extension, as well as a mobile app for iOS and Android. It can also be used on websites and in PDFs.

See https://www.howtogeek.com/882688/why-you-should-use-bionic-reading-in-chrome-or-any-browser/

EDIT: Although some individuals claim to see improvement, it may be that results do vary as one test shows no real improvement across the board - https://blog.readwise.io/bionic-reading-results/

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  • smegforbrains
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    This has never been proven to work. There is no scientific evidence to back up the claims. The inventor of Bionic Reading seems to have no background in Neuroscience whatsoever. There are articles trying to debunk the Bionic Reading claims, but those are not backed up by scientific peer-reviewed studies either.

    https://blog.readwise.io/bionic-reading-results/

    https://labtoclass.com/bionic-reading-science-or-scam/#Is_Bionic_Reading_Backed_by_Research

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      Well there is one study I found that is recent, saying it shows nothing conclusive about any improvement. Some individuals claim improvement, but then it must be specific to whatever reading issue they have. It is certainly not showing any general improvement for everyone.

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        1 year ago

        Can you please provide a link to the study? Is this a scientific peer-reviewed study or just a simple experiment conducted by an interested party?

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          I updated the main post earlier with a link to the study I saw