Why is it hard for me to concentrate when reading?

It takes our brain a little bit of time to ramp up and zone in on the material we are reading. Every time we receive an interruption, our brain immediately ramps down and needs to ramp back up again. This can cause a number of reading related inefficiencies.

Why do I get distracted so easily while reading?

If your mind keeps distracting it is because you are not at “your thing”. Increase your reading speed. When your reading speed decreases, your mind starts to search for any other distractions to grasp as it is moving faster than stimulus it is receiving.

Why we forget what we read?

You don’t forget what you read because your brain is incapable of taking in the information you give to it. When it comes to everyday experiences, we really do not want to store every information our brain takes in for the long-term. Some information will eventually turn out to be useless.

Why do I think of things while reading?

When you think about something other than reading, your working memory is busy / overloaded with other thoughts, such as daydreaming. So you may have read a full page, but your brain cannot process it in a meaningful way. Think of your attention like a spotlight on a stage that draws and grabs your attention.

Why does my mind wander when I read?

When you are thinking about and evaluating what you are reading, you engage with the content on a deeper level and then your mind will wander less. If reading is genuinely difficult for you, then there are several apps that will read text aloud for you, even printed text.

Why can I not retain information?

The reason why most people can’t retain information is that they simply haven’t trained themselves to do it. People who can’t learn quickly and recall information on demand not only fail to use memory techniques. They haven’t trained their procedural memory so that they use them almost on autopilot.

What is the strongest type of memory?

Because the olfactory bulb and cortex are so close physically to the hippocampus and amygdala (huge factors in memory retention), smell is considered the strongest and quickest memory inducer.

Why does my mind always drift when I read?

Active memory is stored with these wants that are really better than studying , thus automatically drifts to the thoughts that create a feeling better than the present. These signals are stronger than the effort to concentrate in the present.