Sweet. It took me a minute of perusing to find the it's
LOL Yeah, it's amazing how the brain works. You use a completely different area of your brain when you read aloud.
Apparently so. I read over that part at least a few times before I noticed. My brain just disregarded the second it completely
That's because your brain is looking at more than just the word and letters, it's also processing things like context and anticipating what the next words will be. When you see a mistake, your brain automatically corrects it.
Try this one on for size:
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl 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.
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