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1、Haveyoueverheardabouttheword"typoglycemia"?Noithasnothingtodowithhypoglycemia.Thisneologism isgiventoapurported recentdiscoveryaboutthecognitiveprocessesbehindreadingwrittentext.Itsoundsreallysophisticated,whileactuallynotsodifficulttoexplain.Firstjusttrytore
2、adtheemailasfollow:“typoglycemia”是一个新近产生的合成词,用于描述关于人们阅读行为中的认知过程,是个所谓的新研究成果。听起来相当复杂,它究竟有什么意义呢?试着读一读下面的内容:OriginaltextIntendedmessage"Icdn'uoltblveieetahtIcluodaulacltyuesdnatnrdwahtIwasrdanieg:thephaonmneelpweorofthehmuanmnid.AoccdrnigtoarseearchtaematCmabrigd
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4、cuhacdonitionisarppoiatrelycllaedTypoglycemia."Amzanighuh?Yaehandyouawlyasthguohtslpelingwasipmorantt.""Icouldn'tbelievethatIcouldactuallyunderstandwhatIwasreading:thephenomenalpowerofthehumanmind.AccordingtoaresearchteamatCambridgeUniversity,itdoesn'tmatteri
5、nwhatorderthelettersinawordare,theonlyimportantthingisthatthefirstandlastletterbeintherightplace.Therestcanbeatotalmessandyoucanstillreaditwithoutaproblem.Thisisbecausethehumanminddoesnotreadeveryletterbyitself,butthewordasawhole.Suchaconditionisappropriately
6、calledTypoglycemia."Amazing,huh?Yeahandyoualwaysthoughtspellingwasimportant."左边这乱七八糟的一堆是不是也能看懂?现在有点明白“typoglycemia“的含义了吧。人们在阅读的时候,单词内部的字母顺序无关紧要,只要首尾字母在正确的位置,即使其他字母完全打乱,我们也能毫无障碍地读懂文章。这是因为我们阅读时并不把单个字母挨个看过去,而是直接看整个单词,这样的状态就称作“typoglycemia”。怎么样,现在是不是觉得拼写不那么重要了呢?但
7、是,事情也没那么简单。下面例子运用相同的原理,但是它读起来就要难得难得多:OriginaltextIntendedmessage"Anidroccgtocrad–cniyrraglcitsiugnisplanoisseforsatanuemanndutisrevinyinBsitirhCibmuloa,andcrartnoytotheduoibuscmialsoftheueticndrcraeseh,aslpmie,macinahcelioisrevnnofianretnlcretcarahsaraeppssne
8、iciffuttocsufnoetheeadyrevyoekoolnr.""Accordingtocard-carryinglinguisticsprofessionalsatanunnameduniversityinBritishColumbia,andcontrarytothedubiousclaimsoftheuncitedresearch,asimple,mech
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