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spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

In 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

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danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

In adtidion, trehe’s a pshyocloigal pheonmneon where our bairns olny need the fsrit and lsat lteter of a word in the rghit pclae, and all the rghit ltertes in bteewen in any oedrr, to suss out a word. Our faiilamirty with a lagnuage wlil put it toehgter, so pseurambly the smae is treu for haehtlcare pvoerdirs’ cmmoon wdros.

FTFY… I read this just as fast as the original.

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thelasttoot@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Your e-----------e d-----t w----k w-----------t the c-----------t of the l---------s i-----------------n

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- CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  “Your example doesn’t work without the context of the (something) intention.”
  
  Not bad though
  
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  - thelasttoot@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Pretty damn close.
    
    “Your example doesn’t work without the context of the letters inbetween.”
    
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    fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Inbetween is not a word.
    
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PlexSheep@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨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.

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gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨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

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