I cdnuolt blveiee
taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,
it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is
taht the first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm.
This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Amzanig huh?

What the above text says:
I couldn't believe
that I could actually understand what I was reading.
The phenomenal power of the human mind.
According to research at Cambridge University,
it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are,
the only important thing is
that the first and last letter be in the right place.
The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without a problem.
This is because the human mind does not read every letter by
itself, but the word as a whole.
Amazing, huh?

Tahnk you for viisintg Jxnii Boo's wteisbe. I hpoe you cmoe bcak and viist otefn.

ME and YOUAn optical illusion happens when we visually perceive images differently than they are in objective reality. The word illusion comes from the Latin verb illudere meaning, "to mock." Our eye gathers information and our brain processes it and decides how we perceive the given stimulus.

Perception refers to the interpretation of what we take in through our senses, in terms of optical illusions this means our eyes. The brain puts images together to try and help the data make sense. So we may see an illusion because we know what we are expected to see, even if all of the design, picture, or stimulus isn't completely there.

Your computer monitor presents an optical illusion. If you get up really close and look carefully, you will see that it is made of small green, blue, and red dots. But when you look at your screen from afar, you see thousands of colors. Your brain puts the green, blue and red dots together to make the large array of shades that you perceive.

There are three main types of optical illusions:

• literal optical illusions that create images that are different from the objects that make them
• physiological illusions that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type (brightness, tilt, color, movement)
• cognitive illusions where the eye and brain make unconscious inferences

Here are a few fun word illusions and a fascinating video that I still shake my head at each time I watch.

GOOD and EVIL

OPTICAL/ILLUSION

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