jelami
jelami
First OfficerFirst Officer
Joined: Mar 14, 2004 Posts: 449 Location: Fayetteville, TN
Asked

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers are in a wrod. 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? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt

Pretty cool huh?

Answers 5 Answers

Jump to latest
Elkinallen
Elkinallen
First OfficerFirst Officer
Joined: Sep 24, 2004 Posts: 438
Answered

Dude! 🤔

Wow!!! I was able to read that as quickly as I could have read it if it were,,,,, all spelled correctly!!!!

😳

RadarMan
RadarMan
Chief CaptainChief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17928 Location: U.S.A
Answered

Interesting, I'm a fast reader and didn't have a problem but do when someone spells the words wrong or mixes them up.
Maybe I expected to see what you wrote so I was able to read it. Dont Know

Radar

Timothy (Moab)
Timothy (Moab)
TraineeTrainee
Joined: Aug 20, 2004 Posts: 37 Location: NYS, USA, see my site for pics
Answered

I like to blame my big hands 😛 but most fishermen are not the best spellers, Got to work with GOD gives ya, but some times some ppl don't even try 😛 just my take.
Peace Timmay
AKA Moab

Fly Away Simulation (Flyaway)
Fly Away Simulation (Flyaway)
Site AdminSite Admin
Joined: Jun 28, 2003 Posts: 1303 Location: UK
Answered

Very interesting post - managed to read it with no problems - perhaps we skim the word and anticipate the next.

Jason (Av8r77)
Jason (Av8r77)
First OfficerFirst Officer
Joined: Sep 12, 2004 Posts: 248 Location: Arizona
Answered

It functions off the Gestalt principle.

Your mind can process words much faster than you can "read them to yourself."

Your mind sees patterns and recognizes words from the patterns that they form. Even if the letters are out of place, your mind can recognize them and form them into a context that you can understand and normalize, just like it was spelled correctly.

Basic Psych classes do this all the time to prove it in lab. They take things like words, pictures, even super heros and enemies. We can look at Batman and within a split second think of Robin. It's just pairing and matching what we are accustom to.

Still does not answer your question? Ask a new question!

If the question and answers provided above do not answer your specific question - why not ask a new question of your own? Our community and flight simulator experts will provided a dedicated and unique answer to your flight sim question. And, you don't even need to register to post your question!

Ask New Question...

Related Questions

Flight Sim Questions that are closely related to this...