How to Learn More with No Extra Effort

Here is another example about how the brain pays more attention to the first and last items in a set of data. This time, the words in a simple paragraph:

i cdnuolt blveiee taht i cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht i was rdanieg.
the phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mind is amazanig. aoccdrnig to a rscheearch taem at cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. the rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. amazanig huh? yaeh and yuo awlyas thohgut slpeling was ipmorantt.

If you look at each word, you will notice that the correct letters are present. However, the only ones that are in the correct positions are the first and last letter in each word. The others, if the word has more than three letters, are jumbled. Yet, you could still read and understand the paragraph.