Change in Intellectual and Physiological Functions of 1550 Persons Who Learned Kurita's Speed Reading System for Ten Days

Kurita's Speed Reading System was proposed in 1987. A consistent education started in 1991, and 393 classes ended by 2002. The purpose of the training is to shift the conventional paradigm of character information to a new method which consists of 'distributed input, parallel processing, and integrated output'. The points of the training are to use the mind and body correlation in an original way, to activate the route from the peripheral visual field to the subconsciousness, to establish a new transfer method of information processing, and to improve intellectual activity. The degree of improvement of intellectual function through ten-day beginner's training classes was examined in this study. Twenty two courses of ten days for ten weeks were held from 1995 to 2002 in Tokyo. Subjects were 1550 adult participants of these classes. The reading speeds before the training were 870 characters/min on average. The reading speed after the training was 22959 characters/min on average, and the magnification became 26 times on average. The calculation speed (Number of single digit addition performed within one minute. Index of work efficiency.) went to 101 points on average from 71 points on average, and showed an average efficiency improvement of 42%. The maze unraveling speed (Number of unit mazes unraveled within 20 seconds. Index of cognitive ability.) became 21 points on average from 7 points, and increased by a factor of 3.0 on average. The vigor degree of the body has been improved, too. These results suggested that it is universally possible to cause such an eminent change in a general adult.