So I would like to be able to use the resting neurons in my brain (my resting membrane potential) but I'm not sure how besides transcranial direct-current stimulation is there another way or is that it
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Instead of looking at one word at a time, look at two words. That forces you to stop talking to yourself, so you are no longer limited to reading as fast as you can talk. You probably talk about 100 words per minute (WPM). The average college graduate reads 300 WPM. Just by looking at two words at a time you can read 600 WPM. Then by looking at a whole line at a time you can read much faster. The big benefit is that your memory expands along with your reading speed so you can remember the large volume of information you are taking in. With a little practice it is possible to read an entire page in two seconds with near total recall of the information on it.
Almost nothing is known about the inner workings of the brain, but an awful lot is known about how to use mental abilities to better advantage. For instance you can get a book on the Tractenberg method of high speed math and learn to solve math problems faster than a calculator can do them. You can get a book at speedreading4kids.com that explains how to teach children to read a book as fast as they can flip the pages. When I was an engineer I used these techniques to memorize all the integrated circuits I worked with so I didn't have to look them up all the time. You can get pamphlets on this subject at most book stores.