Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Word Nerd Fun

I don't know if the following is factually accurate, but it sure is fascinating:

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 dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.

2 comments:

Janice said...

that's amazing. yeah the brain is pretty sweet. if you haven't already, you should out memory tests that psychologists do...the human brain can process and remember an image it sees for only a fraction of a second, it's crazy.

Pamela Joy said...

Yes Janice, that is called your sensory memory it last 2-4 seconds. I'm such a nerd.
Dad did you get the idea for that from what I posted on... I think it was Brents blog? Cuz I was just talking about that the other day!
Hehe, you get bored when mom's out of town, eh?