In the first example, we have to do a bit of work to pick out the unique shape. In the second, the larger circle jumps out pretty quickly. In the last example, we barely have to glance at the image to know that the odd one out is the far-right circle in the central row. Color...
However, when the predictions turn out wrong, readers are jolted awake and stay more engaged. Moreover, as readers, we like surprises. Jean-Louis Dessalles, a professor in cognitive science, asked people to read a series of miniature stories. Each story was cut off before the end, and ...
The key message I would like to convey is this: Reading is your ticket to a wider, richer world. It is the best gift that you can give yourself or your children. No matter how old you are, you can always fi...
Don’t pick a title based on your feelings. You’re too close to the project and will make an extremely biased decision. The only way to make a good decision is to get stranger’s split-second, un-biased feedback. By using this approach, you’re leveraging theexperimental mindsetand ens...
The following tips are specifically for readers who think they probably like the book in hand, but for whatever reason, the damn thing is hard to get into. Tell yourself that you’ll be reading the first chapter twice. If that sounds like work, well, it is. The brain has been temporari...
Am I alone in this reading slump thing? Please tell me that I’m not. Avid readers out there, do you go through this? What tips do you have? Share your ideas in the comments, because I could really use the reassurance! ShareTweetPinPocketMail ...
what do my readers think of me? I am a newbie trying ever so hard to get my blogging business off of the ground. An eternal optimist and believer, I know I will look back on this time in my life in amazement and say, “Wow, look how far I’ve come… I did it!” But, in ...
If you haven’t been fully engaging your readers’ brains by using images with your content, the time to start is right now. Because it turns out that just like everything else in life, you’ll get more proficient and professional with your image creation the more you do it. ...
Fiction is supposed to be entertaining; otherwise, readers wouldn’t read fiction. So how do we help our readers gobble up every page? There are certain literary techniques that have been used in storytelling for a long time that are powerful and should continue to be used in the stories we...
Some students learn sight words in school at the same time they are learning phonics. For them, words like “me” and “go” are memorized rather than sounded out. But my student has not learned sight words, so I needed to switch gears. ...