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The meta-analysis showed that increasing playback speed had increasingly negative effects on test performance. At speeds of up to 1.5x, the cost was very small. But at 2x and above, the negative effect was moderate to large.
To put this in context, if the average score for a cohort of students was 75% with a typical variation of 20 percentage points in either direction, then increasing the playback speed to 1.5x would bring down the average person’s result by 2 percentage points. And increasing the playback speed to 2.5x would lead to an average loss of 17 percentage points.
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However, we don’t yet know whether you can reduce the negative effects of fast playback by doing it regularly. So it could be that younger adults simply have more experience of fast playback and are therefore better able to cope with the increased cognitive load. Similarly, it means we don’t know whether younger people can mitigate the negative effects on their ability to retain information by using faster playback more often.
Another unknown is whether there are any long-term effects on mental function and brain activity from watching videos at increased playback speeds. In theory, such effects could be positive, such as a better ability to handle increased cognitive load. Or they could be negative, such as greater mental fatigue resulting from increased cognitive load, but we currently lack the scientific evidence to answer this question.
I don't really listen to podcasts these days, but when i did, I'd often go for 1.5x speed (except when it was Lalo from lightning labs, 0.75x would be preferable~~).
If i watch anything scientific on YouTube, i can't process it mentally if i speed it up.
What about you, younglings? Did you grow up watching university lectures at 2x speed up?
Listening to content with faster speed can make you also speak faster in your own life.
This is often not good if you want to communicate well.
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except when it was Lalo from lightning labs, 0.75x would be preferable
Lol, same.
I listen at 1.2-1.3x currently. Sometimes if I catch myself missing a lot or just not absorbing anything I go back to par.
I do however remember listing to this guy on Breedloves pod about being a "professional learner". He thinks you can push it to like 3-4x. There was a lot I didn't like about this guy. He sounded like he was skimming everything with no deep understanding. If you really need to absorb something you should stop the podcast and think a little about what was said.
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zap me to make me read this later. :) thank you!
P.S.: do we have a reminder option?
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one of my favorite silly things to do to people when they're not expecting it is to play podcasts at .5x and make the host sound regarded
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That's sick! I always watch it at normal speed.
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