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Cambridge University Cognitive Research Study

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Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55% of plepoe can.

I cdnuolt blveiee waht I was rdanieg. Due to 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? And I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

– tkean from a psot on Tim Ferris’ bolg.

Waht I am egaer to unrsedatnd is wyh smoe poelpe cna raed tihs adn smoe poelpe cna’t. I gsues I wlil need to dgi up teh sduty to laren mroe.

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February 13th, 2007 at 3:10 am

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  1. The people who can read this probably also share two traits: 1) they make a ton of typos on the keyboard; 2) they type really fast.

    Bernie

    13 Feb 07 at 8:14 am

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