If you have ever read a passage and only later realized that you may not have understood it, and have therefore returned to reread it, you are a ruminant reader. However, as we have seen, powerful cultural and psychological forces inhibit any ruminant instincts we might have. If we are easily distracted, or in a hurry, or if we are wanting to get a book read so we can cross it off our list and move on to the conveyor belt’s next item, we may forget about that passage and never regurgitate it for further attention.
