Interesting reading research

Here's a reading experiment. Try to read these mixed-up words. Hint: focus on the first and last letters.

I cna't blveiee taht I can uesdnatnrd waht tihs syas. New rsaerech syas taht the oerdr of ltetres in a wrod deos not mtaetr. The olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig!

How did you do? Here's the same paragraph with the words spelled correctly:

I can't believe that I can understand what this says. New research says that the order of letters in a word does not matter. The only important thing is that the first and last letter be in the right place. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole. Amazing!

Try it in Spanish:

Sgeun un etsduio de una uivenrsdiad ignlsea, no ipmotra el odren en el que las ltears etsan ersciats, la uicna csoa ipormtnate es que la pmrirea y la utlima ltera esten ecsritas en la psiocion cocrrtea. El rsteo peuden estar ttaolmntee mal y aun pordas lerelo sin pobrleams. Etso es pquore no lemeos cada ltera por si msima preo la paalbra es un tdoo.

For more information about this research, go to http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/cmabridge/