A cognitive curiosity...
Jun. 24th, 2005 05:57 pmFrom the newly discovered (by me, at least) Open Loops blog:
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i cdnuolt blveiee taht i cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht i was rdanieg. the phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mind is amazanig. aoccdrnig to a rscheearch taem at cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosnt 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. amazanig huh? yaeh and yuo awlyas thohgut slpeling was ipmorantt.The point of the blog post is to point out a very curious fact about human cognition, and how it can be turned to one's advantage for learning.
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