Holding on to new information
For information that makes sense while you read but is hard to recall later.
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When your eyes keep reading but your mind wanders
Mind-wandering is a shift of attention away from an intended primary task. In reading, that shift is linked with poorer memory for the material and lower interest in it. So the first move is not to push harder. Stop at the point where you notice the drift, return to the last sentence you can still…