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Digesting Words and Reading Comprehension

Here is an interesting piece that will really make you think.

 

The Amazing Skill Of Reading

You will find this very interesting. It is amazing how our brains process information when we read. Take a moment to read the passage below.

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Believe it or not, you will be able read it.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mind.

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteres 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 and the cnetxot. Amzanig huh?

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This was submitted by Ralph A. Nuzzo, Principal Mary L. Tracy School on the Orange Board of Education Website.


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