tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726431511364011289.post5136373424710639508..comments2023-09-26T01:06:46.523-07:00Comments on It is a numeric life: How do we read ?Numeric Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976784667908287575noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726431511364011289.post-1136939553076318102007-08-18T03:38:00.000-07:002007-08-18T03:38:00.000-07:00John, reading that paragraph was AMAZING!John, reading that paragraph was AMAZING!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542715899155247984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726431511364011289.post-19584620482744157882007-08-16T18:24:00.000-07:002007-08-16T18:24:00.000-07:00Bilbo - thank you for the pointer. Other reader wi...Bilbo - thank you for the pointer. Other reader will like it too.<BR/><BR/>John - your message will be well taken by all readers.Numeric Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976784667908287575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726431511364011289.post-19631889355640938432007-08-16T06:50:00.000-07:002007-08-16T06:50:00.000-07:00Here's an interesting way our brain works in readi...Here's an interesting way our brain works in reading:<BR/><BR/> This is one of the many tricks to speed reading. They teach you to look at the frsit & lsat letetr of a word and your brain will fill in the rest. Pretty cool. <BR/><BR/>i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!John A Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777330742400065045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726431511364011289.post-11435832916170571862007-08-16T01:58:00.000-07:002007-08-16T01:58:00.000-07:00With my creakingly old degree in Linguistics, I ha...With my creakingly old degree in Linguistics, I have always found teh acquisition of reading skills to be fascinating topic. I loved watching my children learn to read, and to see how they managed to merge sound, context, and the visual cues of the words. I'm enjoying it all over again as I watch my grandchildren develop their skills. On a new topic, you may be interested in this website, which identifies each of the paintings in the fabulous "500 years of Women in Western Art" video you posted a few days back: http://www.maysstuff.com/womenid.htm<BR/><BR/>Best wishes, Bilbo.Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.com