Teh Lettres Are Jmbuled Up - Can Yuo Still Raed Tihs?

Friday, March 15, 2013 - 04:40 in Biology & Nature

How does the human brain 'decodes' letters on a page to read a word? Psychologists are trying to help neuroscientists unravel the subtle thinking mechanisms involved in reading, which could provide solutions for helping people who find it difficult to read, like dyslexics. In order to read successfully, readers need not only to identify the letters in words, but also to accurately code the positions of those letters, so that they can distinguish words like CAT and ACT. At the same time, however, it's clear that raeders can dael wtih wodrs in wihch not all teh leettrs aer in thier corerct psotiions. read more

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