Editing Speed reading (section)

== Effect on comprehension ==
Skimming is mainly used for researching and getting an overall idea of a text, especially when time is limited. Duggan & Payne (2009) compared skimming with reading normally, given only enough time to read normally through half of a text. They found that the main points of the full text were better understood after skimming (which could view the full text) than after normal reading (which only read half the text). There was no difference between the groups in their understanding of less important information from the text.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Duggan |first1=G.B. |last2=Payne |first2=S.J. |title=Text skimming: the process and effectiveness of foraging through text under time pressure |journal=[[J Exp Psychol Appl]] |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=228–242 |date=September 2009 |doi=10.1037/a0016995 |pmid=19751073 |url=http://opus.bath.ac.uk/16373/1/Duggan_Payne_JEPA_2009.pdf}}</ref> Skimming or skipping over text can also aid in comprehension when layered reading, a process of strategic rereading, is employed.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Doug |last1=Lemov |first2=Colleen |last2=Driggs |first3=Erica |last3=Woolway |title=Reading Reconsidered: A Practical Guide to Rigorous Literacy Instruction |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5YvCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA63 |year=2016 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-11910-424-7 |page=63}}</ref> Further findings suggest that trained speed readers have a slight advantage in both comprehension and speed to untrained skimmers. It is thus suggested by experts that speed-reading is most useful to those who need "to skim a large amount of material or need to improve their study skills" and less useful to those who read "highly technical material that requires careful study of each sentence".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vanderlinde |first1=William |title=Speed Reading: Fact or Fiction? |journal=[[Skeptical Inquirer]] |year=2018 |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=47–49}}</ref>