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So Much to Read, So Little Time: How Do We Read, and Can Speed Reading Help?

Keith Rayner1†, Elizabeth R. Schotter1, Michael E. J. Masson2,
Mary C. Potter3, and Rebecca Treiman4
1
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego; 2
Department of Psychology, University
of Victoria; 3
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and 4
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis

The way to maintain high comprehension
and get through text faster is to practice reading and to become a more skilled language user (e.g., through increased
vocabulary). This is because language skill is at the heart of reading speed.

Implicit bias trainings are used to fight racism, but IAT science is flawed — Quartz

Källa: Implicit bias trainings are used to fight racism, but IAT science is flawed — Quartz

 We certainly don’t know how to reduce implicit bias, and we don’t know how to influence unconscious views to decrease racism or sexism. There are now thousands of workplace talks and police trainings and jury guidelines that focus on implicit bias, but we still we have no strong scientific proof that these programs work.