On 12 Oct 2007 at 19:59, Martha Capreol wrote, in response to a query of Chris Green's about a mangled poster at APA:
> This is the one that was emailed me to me a while ago now: > > > Olny srmat poelpe can. > > 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 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. Amzanig huh? > yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! > > if you can raed tihs psas it on !! > This one's been around the web, so to speak (and also on TIPS, I think). No such research took place at Cambridge University. The definitive source for this and much more is here: http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~mattd/Cmabrigde/ Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---
