Comments on: The Science of Word Recognition http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1046/the-science-of-word-recognition News that matters for Web Developers Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:26:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nicolas Connault http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1046/the-science-of-word-recognition/comment-page-1#comment-19903 Nicolas Connault Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:51:10 +0000 #comment-19903 Research at Cambridge University, huh? People are so gullible. . . Have you thought about the fact that you already know what the paragraph is about before you read it? What about the context? It's possible to guess a word even if all you see is _ _ _ _ _ if it's the right context. And what about this sentence, can you read it? : An altelusoby, roluisculidy portesuropes calutocenotipasin! Research at Cambridge University, huh? People are so gullible. . . Have you thought about the fact that you already know what the paragraph is about before you read it? What about the context? It’s possible to guess a word even if all you see is _ _ _ _ _ if it’s the right context. And what about this sentence, can you read it? :

An altelusoby, roluisculidy portesuropes calutocenotipasin!

]]> By: Bill Rawlinson http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1046/the-science-of-word-recognition/comment-page-1#comment-1418 Bill Rawlinson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1418 I have actually seen something similar to this before via slashdot..<br /> <br /> the article i read, sorry I can’t remember where it was exactly, stated that we use the size of the word, and the first/last letters to recognize the word – as opposed to the shape/contents of the word. For instance so long as the first and last letter of the word remain correct, it doesn’t matter what order the inner letters are in – we can still generally read an understand the writing – here is an example:<br /> <br /> its pterty wlid taht you can fgiure out waht semonoe is syiang eevn wehn the wrdos are all srmabelcd up.<br /> <br /> Some scrambled words are harder to recognize than others – but in general it is amazing how well most people do with a text in this fashion.<br /> <br /> I don’t think people can read as quickly when looking at text that is mucked up – but the fact that we can read it without significant pause is pretty remarkable. I have actually seen something similar to this before via slashdot..

the article i read, sorry I can’t remember where it was exactly, stated that we use the size of the word, and the first/last letters to recognize the word – as opposed to the shape/contents of the word. For instance so long as the first and last letter of the word remain correct, it doesn’t matter what order the inner letters are in – we can still generally read an understand the writing – here is an example:

its pterty wlid taht you can fgiure out waht semonoe is syiang eevn wehn the wrdos are all srmabelcd up.

Some scrambled words are harder to recognize than others – but in general it is amazing how well most people do with a text in this fashion.

I don’t think people can read as quickly when looking at text that is mucked up – but the fact that we can read it without significant pause is pretty remarkable.

]]> By: Emeric http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1046/the-science-of-word-recognition/comment-page-1#comment-1419 Emeric Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1419 As Bill says, I wonder how the “shape” theory could be true while this below is working so well : <br /> <br /> Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. As Bill says, I wonder how the “shape” theory could be true while this below is working so well :

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

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