THE BRAIN SPELLS

Here is a little column that was posted in the Globe and Mail yesterday. I thought it was worth reposting. Their source for this was the internet.)

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.

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