People also say how it is easy (or much easier) to learn many languages if you do it younger, so maybe it is part of the whole brain thing then. Never read any research or anything as such, but makes sense I guess.

Learning stuff young hence having lots and lots of practice applies in plenty of cases I suppose, music, sport, or whatever. The latter I have seen research on that suggested lots of repetitions of lots of different sporting activities at a young enough age increased the chances of getting really good at something in particular in that area.

You certainly can learn to read faster, and it does involve being able to read bigger chunks of text at once, but like everything else, pretty sure some natural ability comes into play.

Helps to be taught really early, too, probably. e.g. my parents started teaching me to read when I was 2.

It’s starting to make a regular novel read like an epic.

Next week I’ll just be talking about my experiences increasing reading speed without any formal techniques or much actual foundational understanding — but I’d love to hear your take on it and learn about some real speed reading techniques.

And I know exactly what you mean about slowing down to savor your reading.

I can read about 1300 words per minute, but only do that with nonfiction. In fiction, I always slow down to about 600 wpm, which still reads faster than most adults