High-Speed English Oral Reading for Cognitive Enhancement 2

This is the original version. The latest version is available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17272638This paper presents a novel cognitive training method based on daily high-speed oral reading of English news articles. The method involves reading aloud at double speed or faster for 30 minutes per day. Preliminary self-observations suggest significant improvements in thinking speed, memory, and overall cognitive performance. This low-cost, easily implementable approach may have broad applications in education, language learning, and cognitive health. I initially trained for about an hour daily, but after refining my method, 30 minutes of focused practice proved equally effective, making the routine both easier and more sustainable.Related WorkPrevious research has explored several approaches to enhancing cognitive and linguistic performance through reading-based interventions. One well-established line of work is repeated reading fluency training, which has been shown to improve reading speed and comprehension primarily among children and second-language learners [Samuels, 1979]. Another relevant strand involves time-compressed speech, where listeners are exposed to accelerated audio recordings; studies indicate that comprehension can be maintained up to certain compression thresholds, and that exposure can foster auditory adaptation and faster information processing [Foulke & Sticht, 1969; Dupoux & Green, 1997]. These methods, however, typically focus either on passive listening or text repetition, and their primary outcomes concern reading fluency or auditory comprehension.By contrast, the present method emphasizes high-speed oral reading, which requires active articulation at near-limit pacing. This approach simultaneously engages phonological processing, working memory, and motor planning, potentially leading to broader cross-domain cognitive benefits beyond reading fluency alone. To our knowledge, no prior work has directly investigated high-speed oral reading as a systematic training paradigm, making this contribution a novel extension of the existing literature.