The human mind

Read the passage below and make a mental note on the speed of your reading.

The human mind ...

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 deson'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?

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Comments

viper75

LOL...

That's pretty funny

Would want to see someone try to read that after a night out drinking.

/usr

It seems logical when you think about it. The words are the same length and contain the same letters as the original word. The fact that we can associate them with words we already know doesn't seem THAT amazing.

Maybe it's because I've came across the same thing in the past.

Interesting stuff nonetheless.

shadown7

Neat

x_Danny_x

your brain just focuses on the first and last letters of words and even if you the other letters are scramble to a certain extent, your brain came actually see the word it is supposed to be!

keatron

It's official, we all really are geeks on here....lol

Ricka182

I saw that a while back, thought it was cool then. Still cool now. I get a lot of people who have to look 3 or 4 times to actually see how bad the words really are, then they can't believe they were able to read it without much of a problem.

/usr

It's official, we all really are geeks on here....lol

So what's your point?

confuzz

lol, I should print it out and take it to the bar with me next time I go....