rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy

[P. Kerim Friedman]

For those of you who've received this e-mail passing around the web:

"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a
toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae
we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe."

And wanted to know more, there are some interesting blog posts about
"visual word recognition" that are worth reading, and full of useful
links:

http://www.bisso.com/ujg_archives/000224.html
http://www.bisso.com/ujg_archives/000227.html
http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000840.php
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