The power of the mind

DrJizzle · #1 Apr 3, 2006, 02:04 PM

Wasnt sure where I could post this. This was a bulliten posted on Myspace.com. I had seen it before but Im glad it came around again... I always thought it was fascinating.

Quote:

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. Wiht the phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

No, theres no question here... I just wanted to share

Nez · Apr 3, 2006, 02:14 PM

Dr Jizzle.I dant no thay cud spek brumee??

A Blue Peter badge for whoever posted the original quote.As my English teacher miss Beasley would have said:" self expression might lead to Shakespeare.but this aint it..."

orange · Apr 3, 2006, 03:59 PM

Yeah that's definitely cool! I think I saw this demonstrated as part of a documentary on the brain a while back. If I remember the name of the documentary, I'll share it later on.

RickJ · Apr 4, 2006, 02:30 AM

I saw that too. Was on Discovery or the Science channel a couple months ago.

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 porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

fredg · Apr 4, 2006, 05:19 AM

Hi,
Interesting.
Did you also know that MySpace is now the Number 1 website visited by Sexual Predators?
Anyway, that's what a National Network News organization said.
Forgot now which one.

DrJizzle · Apr 4, 2006, 09:12 AM

Yes, but it is the 8th most visited site in the world... so if sexual predators are visiting sites out there, then they would likely be visiting that one, too lol

I hear a lot of controversy over that but little girls shouldnt be giving strangers their addresses or phone numbers anyway...

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magprob · Apr 10, 2006, 08:43 PM

eW arege 010%

milliec · Apr 11, 2006, 11:50 PM

[quote=ScottGem]Just curious but why do you bring that up? What possible connection does that have to the subject Jizzle was raising in sharing the quote?

Right.
I, too, wandered.
In any case: the subject which started this thread is well known in Psychology, it's called "the Geshtaalt effect" .
It's the same thing like when you see a square missing a corner, but in your mind, you automatically see it whole, and that's how you remember it!
Millie



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