Thursday
Feb042010

Word Recognition: How Our Brain Reads Letters 

I cdnuolt blveiee
taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,
it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is
taht the first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm.
This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Amzanig huh?

What the above text says:
I couldn't believe
that I could actually understand what I was reading.
The phenomenal power of the human mind.
According to research at Cambridge University,
it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are,
the only important thing is
that the first and last letter be in the right place.
The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without a problem.
This is because the human mind does not read every letter by
itself, but the word as a whole.
Amazing, huh?

Tahnk you for viisintg Jxnii Boo's wteisbe. I hpoe you cmoe bcak and viist otefn.