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How teh mnid raeds

Posted on 26 August, 2005 at 11:50am

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at teh rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can still raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid does not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Vrey intretsing.

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16 Comments on “How teh mnid raeds”
  • Really interesting! I read that with no problem and English is even not my mother tongue!! Amazing!

  • I’ve seen that before. It’s fairly amusing :)

  • I read that with no problem either.

    I didn’t realize that we usually just scan for the whole word.

    Interesting.

    Chris
    Deliberate Chaos

  • I’ve seen this one before, and it never fails to entertain me. :)

  • you are gya

  • I actually did this in my journalism class, its why its so hard to find typos and its called typoglycemia, lol

  • First time I’ve seen that and read it no problem.

    Ted.

  • The whole eye-brain connection & how it processes patterns is a cool thing indeed.

  • Wow!! I read that without a problem.

  • Fantastic!

  • Neato! I think I’ll write a story like that.

  • Old

  • Wow, I didn’t know the human brain could do that, although it does explain how I always miss typos on my blog until its too late.

  • Yaeh, I arege. Vrey iietsretng.

  • That’s pretty cool. I just read the entire paragraph with no problem at all at the same speed I’d read a correctly spelt paragraph. I guess that’s just another point for the people at Cambridge

  • Yes. Interested. However still a struggle for me to read. Now I must uncross my eyes and slam my head against a moving hummer to readjust my dmaged brian.