March 14, 2005
Not even hooked on phonics
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt. -- from Kenneth
Posted by Susan R at March 14, 2005 12:46 PM
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Yeah ... the people at Cambridge were surprised to learn about it too. They didn't even know they did the research:
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/personal/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/
Posted by: Saint Nate at March 14, 2005 07:03 PM