February 10, 2011 6:48 PM
Can you read this?
Amazing! Be sure to show your kids. Proving how the human mind works to overcome obstacles:I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.Translation in the comments - but you probably don't need it.
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Translation:
I couldn't believe that I could actually understand what I was reading. Using the incredible 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 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? Yeah and I always thought spelling was important! See if your friends can read this too.
Posted by: barbara | February 10, 2011 6:53 PM
So interesting. Other than having to pause on about four words, it was no problem.
Posted by: Crystal | February 10, 2011 8:29 PM
I have a feeling that this is kind of what my dyslexic daughter sees when she tries to read. If she sees the first couple of letters, she'll go through the roll of words she knows that starts that way. It's hard to get her to look at the last letters of the word, too.
Posted by: republicanmother | February 11, 2011 8:50 AM
I showed this to my 8 year old to see if he could read it, and I was pleasantly surprised that he could! Amazing!
Posted by: Kimberlie George | February 11, 2011 9:40 PM
I couldn't believe that I could actually understand what I was reading. Using the incredible 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 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? Yeah and I always thought spelling was important! See if your friends can read this too.
Posted by: Izzabelle | September 25, 2011 7:14 PM
