The human brain and reading words

[Me Died Blue]

This is from singer-songwriter Josh Zandman's MySpace blog:

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulacity uesdnatnrd waht I was rindeadg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rescheearch at Cmabridgde uninervtisy, 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 lterter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

 

[gwine]

Secriar is the tcaf taht I was raenidg it fsaetr as I got to the end of the pgraaraph.

 

[pastorway]

?sdrawkcab daer ouy nac tuB

 

[Me Died Blue]

Originally posted by gwine
Secriar is the tcaf that I was raenidg it fsaetr as I got to the end of the pgraaraph.

Smae hree! And atullacy, yuor wrod "tcaf" is irunaaccte bcesuae the fsirt and lsat lretets cnoant be cngehad - but at lsaet you wree cosnisnett orwthiese!

[Edited on 12-4-2005 by Me Died Blue]

 

[Me Died Blue]

Originally posted by pastorway
?sdrawkcab daer ouy nac tuB

.mrof srettel-tsal-dna-tsrif eht sa "larutan" sa ton si it hguohtla ,dneirf ym deedni nac I sey yhW

 

[SmokingFlax]

Wow...this is pretty cool.

 

[gwine]

Originally posted by Me Died Blue

Originally posted by gwine
Secriar is the tcaf that I was raenidg it fsaetr as I got to the end of the pgraaraph.

Smae hree! And atullacy, yuor wrod "tcaf" is irunaaccte bcesuae the fsirt and lsat lretets cnoant be cngehad - but at lsaet you wree cosnisnett orwthiese!

[Edited on 12-4-2005 by Me Died Blue]

Rllaey? Opos. I manet "fcat". Srory.

Wow...this is pretty cool.

Get whit the pgorram.

[Edited on 12-4-2005 by gwine]

 

[gwine]

Lmst s ntrstng s th blty wth whch y cn rd whn thr r n vwls. Try t n yr frnds nd s whthr thy cn ndrstnd y.

 

[Preach]

Did the research test other languages than English?

 

[PuritanCovenanter]

One must know the primary true word before he can understand or acknowlegde what a mispelled or phonically mispelled word might be.

Primary sources are rudiment.

Sorry if I sound a bit touchy. I am trying to keep my boy's from poor English and MY BAD. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff I get as an argument for poor grammer and communication.

 

[biblelighthouse]

Originally posted by puritancovenanter

Sorry if I sound a bit touchy. I am trying to keep my boy's from poor English and MY BAD. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff I get as an argument for poor grammer and communication.

Do you also get after him for misspelling words like "grammar"?

 

[PuritanCovenanter]

Originally posted by biblelighthouse

Originally posted by puritancovenanter

Sorry if I sound a bit touchy. I am trying to keep my boy's from poor English and MY BAD. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff I get as an argument for poor grammar (fixed) and communication.

Do you also get after him for misspelling words like "grammar"?

Well of course. But he doesn't correct me. Well,.... not often.