THE BRAIN SPELLS written by John Lawrence The Phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. Aoccdrnig to rsceearh taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn'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. Such a cdonition is arppoiartely cllaed Typoglycemia. Amzanig huh? Yaeh, and yuo awlyas thuohgt slpeling was ipmorantt.

this was passed around at work not that long ago .. amazing, eh?

So if we can still read it...why and how do we recognise typos, even if its so obscure its got past the writer AND beta?? pattern seeking, anyone?

We can read it, but not as fast. I've seen this before, and was suitably surprised that I could read it, but it takes me twice as long. I find typos harder to spot than uses of a word that sounds the same but meand something completely different. So, for example, where the correct word should be "there", if the writer had put "their" it would leap out at me straight away, whereas I might miss "theer". Not that I beta.

I read something like this before, but still am surprised at how easily I can adjust to the jumbled words.

It is scary for me. I am so anal about mispelt words yet I was able to read it. However the whole time my brain was protesting the wrong spelled words.

*Shrugs* Supposedly its because the misspelt word still sounds like the accurately spelled version. Not sure how true that is or if it works for everybody

Actually my spelling is better than I give myself credit for, but it seems to be simple words that tend to stump me.