https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/apr/03/how-we-see-words-and-read-at-a-glance
A neuroscientist explains Life and style
How we see words
A bitesized explanation of how we read signs at a glance
Daniel Glaser
Sun 3 Apr 2016 06.00 BST
(...) When we read, the eyes don’t focus on individual letters in turn - this would take far too long. Instead we learn to recognise the general shape of words, or familiar phrases, allowing us to speed through texts and understand church signs at a glance.
Studies have shown that a word’s first and last letters are the most important in determining its shape, wchih menas i’ts slitl pbslisoe to udesnatrd a prsahe wetirtn lkie tihs - just about, anyway (although modern spell checkers make it very difficult to type). (...)
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