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.



The Discussion
16 Comments on “How teh mnid raeds”Roberta
26.08.2005 3:55 pmReally interesting! I read that with no problem and English is even not my mother tongue!! Amazing!
Gary Sieling
26.08.2005 4:08 pmI’ve seen that before. It’s fairly amusing :)
Chris @ Deliberate Chaos
26.08.2005 7:29 pmI read that with no problem either.
I didn’t realize that we usually just scan for the whole word.
Interesting.
Chris
Deliberate Chaos
zandperl
26.08.2005 8:12 pmI’ve seen this one before, and it never fails to entertain me. :)
yoyo
26.08.2005 8:21 pmyou are gya
Benjamin Solah
27.08.2005 5:12 amI actually did this in my journalism class, its why its so hard to find typos and its called typoglycemia, lol
Ted
28.08.2005 7:12 pmFirst time I’ve seen that and read it no problem.
Ted.
cube
29.08.2005 9:38 amThe whole eye-brain connection & how it processes patterns is a cool thing indeed.
Lynnette
30.08.2005 5:43 amWow!! I read that without a problem.
JJ
31.08.2005 6:10 amFantastic!
Laura
31.08.2005 8:45 pmNeato! I think I’ll write a story like that.
Simon
4.09.2005 10:25 amOld
The Readhead
6.09.2005 7:59 pmWow, 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.
Ambiguous Wanderer
8.09.2005 2:11 amYaeh, I arege. Vrey iietsretng.
Zeerus
9.02.2006 8:58 amThat’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
Yousuf
3.01.2007 5:16 pmYes. 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.