Limar | 
03 23rd, 2008| 
The term ‘ambidexterity’ is basically being adept in the use of both right and left hand. Michelangelo, Leonardo Vinci, Einstein, Fleming, Harry Truman, etc., were all ambidextrous. In modern times, you will find many, who were originally left-handed but in the course of their childhood, were drilled to acquire right-handed habits (at school or home) and thus became ambidextrous.Using the same analogy, we could say we are being ambidextrous when we are multi-tasking - talking over the phone, writing down information, watching TV and so on. The difference is that instead of our hands, we are using both our right and left hemispheres to successfully juggle our tasks. You may have heard some people referred as ‘right-brained’ or ‘left-brained’. In essence it means that the person displays more ‘right’ or ‘left’ oriented skills, although we are all the time integrating both hemispheres in our daily activities.Right’ brain qualities involve imagination, risk taking, artistic abilities, highly philosophical, creative, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
Speed-reading as the term indicates, is reading faster and at the same time assimilating and understanding information in the same speed. This is a highly useful skill, more so in the current times as now, where we are severely hard pressed for time, even as we are expected to keep pace with the information overflow.
If you sit back and analyze how you read this article your style of reading will be evident to you. Generally people tend to read by moving from one word to another, in the same manner as the child does. Adults very often read by moving from one block of words to another in a continuous way. Occasionally we might go back on a line of words, when they are not clear to us. These disruptions to the flow of the reading are known as ’skip backs’.
The most common problem that hinders speed-reading is sub-vocalization. As your eyes move from one word to another, you will find movement in your tongue or the throat region. That is because you are reading the words silently within yourself. Such sub-vocalizations lead to a mismatch between the reading speed and thinking speed.
One way to overcome this habit is to consciously count one to ten as you keep reading so the focus is on the content rather than on sub-vocalizing the information. Read the rest of this entry »