[merged] The human mind

Bex · 28-11-2003, 22:16

ok not sure whether this is the right place for this...someone emailed this to me (apologise if you have already seen it) and i think it is really interesting

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't
mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny
iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the
rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed
it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed
ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

keithwalton · 28-11-2003, 22:19

sooo old news, it was floating around campus at the start of the semester which was 2months ago now. Still quite impressive though

K

Bex · 28-11-2003, 22:21

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Originally Posted by keithwalton

sooo old news, it was floating around campus at the start of the semester which was 2months ago now. Still quite impressive though

K

sorry...

i think it shows how amazing the brain is, and that there is sooo much we do not know about our brains...and the psychological aspect and also the implications for teaching

Paul K · 28-11-2003, 22:28

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Originally Posted by keithwalton

sooo old news, it was floating around campus at the start of the semester which was 2months ago now. Still quite impressive though

K

Indeed it has been about a for a couple of months but not everyone goes to your campus or to the site I saw it posted so its something that can still be interesting to others.
It's a strange thing indeed but probably explains why I can read some of the rubbish that my Nephew leaves notes on my PC about

bopdude · 11-03-2004, 01:40

Dyslexia Theory

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

The rset can be a total 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.

Tlotlay amzanig, huh?

Did you read it word for word regardless ? I did, strange or what ?

kronas · 11-03-2004, 01:41

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Originally Posted by bopdude

Did you read it word for word regardless ? I did, strange or what ?

no need for a researcher to tell us that, i knew that it was the case, yep i did read it mentally without correcting it.

Chris W · 11-03-2004, 01:45

I read it anyway, but slower than normal and my brain did start to get a little confused

still get the meaning though.

Aparently you can spead read a book by reading the five words on each side of the centre fold and still understand what is going on.... can't say i have tried it myself though!

Scrubbs · 11-03-2004, 01:47

the other old one is

The pen is
is mightier than
than the sword

it doesn't say exactly what you think it does?

exuse typos too many bacardis

erol · 11-03-2004, 01:54

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Originally Posted by bopdude

Did you read it word for word regardless ? I did, strange or what ?

I found it easier and quicker to read than the 'correct' version would have been

Then again I am dyslexic

Chris W · 11-03-2004, 01:57

my question is why do they make dyslexia such a hard word to spell! hardly seems fair does it!?!

kronas · 11-03-2004, 02:00

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Originally Posted by monkeybreath

my question is why do they make dyslexia such a hard word to spell! hardly seems fair does it!?!

the word 'dyslexia' is not hard to spell, hieroglyphics is

bopdude · 11-03-2004, 02:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by erol

I found it easier and quicker to read than the 'correct' version would have been

Then again I am dyslexic

I got about five words in before I realised

bopdude · 11-03-2004, 02:05

Just a thought, if the mind can organise letters into words that make sense, what about pictures and other things, and how big a word can it cope with.

Gonna be up a while now thinking

oh well, back to the fridge to see my good mate Mr. Carling :pp

ZrByte · 11-03-2004, 02:22

Tihs is Nthonig oevr on The Rleic bdraos wrhee I uesd to psot trehe was a 10 pgae taerhd rnunnig wrhee auobt 70% of ppoele rpeelid in the smae mnaenr, the oehtr 30% wrhee ppoele cpmoianlnig auobt hahceedas

Translation.......

This is nothing, over on the relic boards where I used to post there was a 10 page thread running where about 70% of people replied in the same manner, the other 30% where people complaining about headaches

bopdude · 11-03-2004, 02:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZrByte

Tihs is Nthonig oevr on The Rleic bdraos wrhee I uesd to psot trehe was a 10 pgae taerhd rnunnig wrhee auobt 70% of ppoele rpeelid in the smae mnaenr, the oehtr 30% wrhee ppoele cpmoianlnig auobt hahceedas

Translation.......

This is nothing, over on the relic boards where I used to post there was a 10 page thread running where about 70% of people replied in the same manner, the other 30% where people complaining about headaches

LOL read it all barring one word, battled with relic