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- Researchers at a university studied reading and the brain.
- People often skip words while they read.
- The eyes move very quickly during reading.
- The brain can still notice skipped words from afar.
- Scientists used tools to watch brain and eyes.
- Each person read many sentences and pressed a button.
- Skipping happens before full word recognition in reading.
- The results could help teachers and people who struggle.
- Researchers want to study skimming and careful reading later.
Difficult words
- researcher — a person who studies things to learnResearchers
- university — a school for higher education
- brain — the organ in your head that thinks
- skip — not read or do something, move pastSkipping
- recognition — the process of knowing something seen or heard
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Discussion questions
- Do you sometimes skip words when you read?
- Do you prefer to read carefully or to skim?
- Would you want help from a teacher if reading is hard?
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