This "word stuff" is interesting. We tried a similar "test" on our
then 6yr old grandson and he had no problem reading it aloud straight
away. Similarly with music, people find that as they continue with
reading not only do they pick up the bar/phrase at a glance, but they
also hear the music accurately in their head, and the fingers go
automaticly to the right place on the instrument. Only if there is a
very unusual pattern do they have to stop a "spell it out" note by note.
The brain is amazing, isn't it.
Sheila
-----Original Message-----
From: tim rolls BT <tim.ro...@btconnect.com>
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:00:58 0100
Subject: [NSP] How the brain "reads"
.don't know if there's any relevance to the way we read music,
currently I find I have to read each dot when I see a new tune, but
this
gives me hope that maybe when I've had more practice I'll be able to
read whole bars at a time.
Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you
can read it.
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 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. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
Tim
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