10. The method of enhancing the readability of rapidly displayed text of claim 1 further characterized in that the words are displayed in the display window over a generally constant color background and that the window is present over a background of constantly changing color.
1. A method of enhancing the readability of rapidly displayed text by a subject and with a high degree of apprehension, at a rate which is greater than the maximum reading capability of that subject, said method comprising: a) rapidly and sequentially moving the words of the text through a display window on a monitor, one word at a time; b) conducting an examination of a segment of the text in which each of the words are to be displayed in order to determine in advance the time of display of each of the words in that segment and a the blanking period between each of the words in which there is no display, prior to the display of words in that segment; and c) allowing each of the words to be automatically displayed in the display window for a time period in which the number of characters in each word is related to and a function of the total amount of time required for display of all of the words in a segment of the text as determined by said examination and that the time of display of each of the words having a length of an average number of characters is the same and that certain words of this segment will be displayed for longer time periods than other words in this segment.