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Human Brain Is Too Efficient

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are witren, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl 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.


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md anowar
a wrote: #
My brain is the best!


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md anowar at 02:39PM, Jul 24th 2010.
ChristineL
People - please learn how to spell! Why does everything have to look like a text message (which, by the way, I do not think should be abbreviated)?
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ChristineL at 11:45AM, Jul 22nd 2010.
jayesh
It is really a good fact.
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jayesh at 11:44PM, Jul 18th 2010.
a
My barin is the bset!
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a at 12:50PM, Jul 5th 2010.
Perki
baddass!
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Perki at 11:00AM, Jun 27th 2010.
sunidhi
relly its awesome!!!!!
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sunidhi at 05:01AM, May 14th 2010.
gumby
Wlel, I tnhik tihs geos to sohw taht we are icbnerilby aosutnigdn cetuears. I culod raed taht lkie a bezere.
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gumby at 11:47AM, Apr 28th 2010.
buster
Adam...I had no difficulty reading your sentences.
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buster at 09:16PM, Apr 21st 2010.
anvesh
great fact..,it's very intresting....i got a good topic to discuss with my frnds...thanq
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anvesh at 02:44AM, Apr 17th 2010.
diwakar
thsi is a fact
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diwakar at 10:29AM, Mar 25th 2010.
Adam Armstrong
As someone stated, this really doesnt work with longer words, or if you move the letters too far away from their original place. For example:

I jmuepd out of an aliarpne wtih my ptcaharue.

Or:

I wluod lkie to put tihs in my cetinnoar.

As you can see, parachute and container no longer flow, and they get completely lost. Even airplane becomes rough. God help you if someone did this with perpendicular.
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Adam Armstrong at 01:58AM, Feb 3rd 2010.
omar rios
This is really cool i wish there was a book were all the words are written like this.
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omar rios at 03:18PM, Jan 9th 2010.
Adele
I read this just as fast as i would read normal text, and i'm not a genius. Just a 22year old student from South Africa
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Adele at 10:19AM, Dec 27th 2009.
OED
So what does 'witren' stand for then? :)
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OED at 10:11AM, Dec 2nd 2009.
Vinay
Actually, this really is due to our familiarity and usage of english. If you do this with random words that don't make a sentence, or really long words, its very hard. our brain predicts what's next, but there has to be a proper sentence, or very familiar words. JIGSAW, that's very true, though it is possible to read that (slowly though), because we've already read the actual sentence. But this is quite interesting!
I wenodr waht esle our bairn can do!
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Vinay at 11:00AM, Nov 28th 2009.
Mike30
Well, I think you are using a non common word witch is hare to read even it is correctly spelled.

By the way, this is a really interesting fact.
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Mike30 at 05:44PM, Nov 20th 2009.
Brian
I'm certain this doesn't apply to long words however. Occasionally you'll see something like
"lpdoaobseorniuiaus", which is too long for your vision to clearly capture all the letters at once, so your brain has to analyze it in components (ie. syllables) which no longer exist.
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Brian at 05:14AM, Oct 22nd 2009.
lilly
I tihnk Cbmagdrie's rarcsreeh has its bihgrt sdie. Jsiagw was rhgit wehn he ronesaed taht if the leretts wree wetrin in a way taht deos not mkae snees it wluod be headrr for us to raed the seencetns at nmraol seped. But tihs is sltil ieetnitnsg and who kwons we can laren mroe aubot tihs in the frutue.
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lilly at 09:35AM, Jun 3rd 2009.
Eric Medina
Ive ayalws kwonn tihs, but its slitl cool emetiyrve I raed it.
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Eric Medina at 02:51PM, May 26th 2009.
fhifhi
if you don't know the English language... do you think this still applicable... :)
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fhifhi at 05:01AM, May 13th 2009.
Guy
Nwo Taht Is Vrey Itnresgni
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Guy at 05:10PM, Mar 21st 2009.
corey
old nwes but i tinhk its slitl aswome
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corey at 08:53AM, Mar 16th 2009.
dilbagh
rellay cool tinhg !!!
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dilbagh at 11:10AM, Mar 13th 2009.
Jigsaw
Well, this only works because our brain actually predicts what the next word would be based on our observation and experience with the language. The 1st and last letters only aid us in making sure that the word we've predicted is infact correct. Just for fun, try reading this one:
Cmabrigde lsat mttaer waht in aoccdrnig ltteer to a rscheearch Uinervtisy at in deosnt oredr the ltteers it witren in and pclae a wrod are tihng the olny iprmoatnt is the frist be taht the rghit

There's no cambridge research for this thing in fact.
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Jigsaw at 06:20AM, Mar 12th 2009.
Robert
Funny :)
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Robert at 01:36PM, Mar 11th 2009.

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