I did find this paper where somebody used the term “mindless reading”
Smallwood, J. (2011). Mind‐wandering while reading: attentional decoupling, mindless reading and the cascade model of inattention. Language and Linguistics Compass, 5(2), 63–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-818x.2010.00263.x
Seems that is the term used for it such as this talk in 2006
https://ies.ed.gov/director/conferences/06ies_conference/posters/readingtq_reichle.asp
Abstract: “Mindless reading” occurs when, during reading, our eyes continue to move across the printed page in spite of the fact that we are busy thinking about things that are often completely unrelated to the text.
I can sometimes do this without my attention even shifting. I’ll mentally read every word individually for a while, but forget to put them together to actually understand them.
I do that stupidly often when reading stories.
I think we’ve got some drivers around here who drive like that.
Back when I came into the office every day, it was a 45-minute commute. At least one day every week, I had no active memory of getting from the north side of the beltway to my house (about 20-25 minutes). I’d reach this point, and it was like someone flipped a switch, and I became aware that I existed.
I’ve done this with Audio Books. I’ve listened to 2-3 chapters, and they’ll mention an assassin; Brain goes, wait, assassin? WHAT ASSASSIN? I start rolling back find out I completely tuned out 20 minutes of the story.
This is why I can’t listen to audio books. I just get lost in the soothing voice and my mind wonders. Paper books are where it’s at.
Podcasts and technology connections on YouTube. I totally enjoy them, but if I’m halfway tired and my mind doesn’t want to focus and I put either on, I’m passing out after 10 minutes.
Yeah getting out of your car and realizing you have no idea how you got here is spooky.
Yea but then you realize that you have now made the audiobook last 30mins longer, so it’s a win… especially if it’s a good book.
Cruise control.
Autopilot, like Szeth said below.I use the term Autopilot
That’s better. I think i mixed it up.
My brain goes into cruisepilot a lot.
I call it “ADHD” because I damn sure was thinking about 3 other things while I was reading-notreading.
Surely there’s a very long German word for it.
Attentiondefißithyperactivitydißorder
While this is more common for people with ADHD, it can happen to anyone.
True, but I only get so many opportunities to use that silly ß
Justified usage.
Get in the habit of replacing “fuck” with “sheiße” and that problem is solved!*
*People might think you’re weird/a Nazi for this, even if you’re actually learning German, because people are weird
Scheiße*
I think the whole “using German means you’re a Nazi” thing will have to change now since there’s a much bigger country embracing Nazism…
As an ADHD person, sight reading is actually my shitty superpower. I don’t understand it, but my difficulty is just starting the book. But once I’m in it’s pure hyper focus.
More like Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung.
By the way, using the ‘ß’ as you did would force the preceding vowel to have a stretched pronunciation.
And I don’t know about you, but in my opinion defeeßit and deeßorder sounds awful.
That conversation looked like bots anyway
It 's not that long, I think it is called “Leselücke” (reading gap).
If you want, you could call it “Lesegedankenwanderungsamnesie” (reading wandering thought amnesia) 🤔
at least 35 syllables long and you’ll forget what your reading halfway through the word.
I’ll bet there is - some of my friends call it “Leseschlaf” (reading sleep), which seems fitting.
I like this one!
Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom
Thank god this relatable to so many of us, I was wondering if this was a symptom of a larger disorder whenever this happens to me.
The worst is when I’m reciting word for word technical information about chemistry or physics, because I often like to explain how things work to friends and family while I work on stuff, and then I’ll get interrupted or distracted and have no memory of wtf I was just saying for the last several minutes straight.
I think it could be argued for a state of hypnosis, like how people drive for miles but just don’t remember how they did it entirely.
Difference is, you clearly drove and got there safely. You didn’t read the words on the page, you just moved your eyes across ink blots.
I was a professional driver for 20 years. I can attest that autopilot is a real thing.
It’s easy to monitor traffic on either side but end up daydreaming and miss a turn.
I’ve been out of the transport industry for five years now and I still occasionally find myself auto-piloting to places I used to deliver to. It’s so weird.
I drove black cars for a bit, I’ve definitely just taken the airport exit once when I was out of it. Glad I’m not alone.
Yeah. It’s not a big deal, but how you handle it really matters. (This is advice for anyone else reading; I’m sure you know.)
If you miss your turn because you’re daydreaming or whatever, just keep going. DO NOT swerve three lanes over to an exit or whatever other dumb shit. You fucked up. Deal with it without putting other people in danger.
Adhd
This ^^^
I vary between spacing out, zoning out, or the already mentioned autopilot.
“School”
That’s called “School”.
Linking an obscure community that I made. You’re my favourite lemmite
Wait? XD You did? I didn’t realize it was you…
I really love your concept by the way.Thanks. I’ve started quite a few. Infact you’ve probably seen a few of em. !aneurysmposting@sopuli.xyz for example
Actually no or maybe I forgot. But !nameit@sopuli.xyz stuck out because it resonate so much with me.
Motor tasks like eye movement I think would fall under autopilot. I think it increases with age and adhd
I’ve done this with audio books.
This is why studying takes me 4 times longer than the average person. I have to reread so many things to make it sync in. It annoys me how somone can just look or read something once and they have it already
Ambien
