Your e-----------e d-----t w----k w-----------t the c-----------t of the l---------s i-----------------n
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spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 5 months agoIn addition, there’s a psychological phenomenon where our brains only need the first and last letter of a word in the right place, and all the right letters in between in any order, to suss out a word. Our familiarity with a lngaauge will put it together, so presumably the same is true for healthcare providers’ common words
thelasttoot@lemmy.world 5 months ago
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
“Your example doesn’t work without the context of the (something) intention.”
Not bad though
thelasttoot@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Pretty damn close.
“Your example doesn’t work without the context of the letters inbetween.”
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 5 months ago
Not sure but I think you mean chunking. When you know a word you don’t need to read all letters by themselves but know roughly what the word looks like as a whole, so you can read it faster. This also inrotrozutes a failure rate of course, but works pretty well.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I love that effect, but sometimes it can fail. For example:
Our familiarity with lineage will…
Is how my stupid ass brain read it first and I knew what was up
danc4498@lemmy.world 5 months ago
FTFY… I read this just as fast as the original.