If you completely randomized the order of the letters, it probably wouldn't be readable. They changed some of the positions, but not all -- just enough that your brain can correct for the mistakes. For example, look at "unviesitry". It's not a completely random order, like "utienrisvy". They kept the n in the right spot, the v near the beginning, the t near the end, etc. So what they're saying is misleading. It should be no surprise that the brain can correct for a few mistakes. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to read sentences with typos.

You sound like my anoying friend who's name will not be mentioned.

And the biran does fgirue it out

I tinhk its aewosme...i've been uesnig it on my firedns a lot. Tehy seem to tihnk i'm czray but tehy hvanet seen it yet so thx for the luahgs!

It's because your brain is reading using the "lexical" and "semantycal" ways (i don't know how to spell it correctly in English) instead of the phonological way. The lexical and semanthycal way consist of every word you ever heard and they'r meaning. The phonogical way is the way that you use when you learn new words (it's matching the letters to the sounds)

Wow thats werid
I read the whole thing then I saw the''Now read this text again, paying attention to each word and you'll probably notice "some" typing errors ;)''
Man that is weird

I dnot udestnand waht im mnet to be dniog heer lol!!!

jkoe

i ttly noticed the typing answers right away but could still read it fine

thats the 10th million time ive seen that on the internet!!!!!!!

so asewmoe! nveer seen taht beofre! so wried...

Damm man,whrilly cool:D

omg sooooooo kool like u can jumble da lettters and like...sooooooo kool!!!!

tihs is aewsmoe! but i've seen tihs the boltiinlh tmie on the inetenrt! hheeeeeeheeehheeeeeehe woha taht is cool. LOL!!!! 8j

seen it bofer

I knew there was spelling mistakes, but I still knew what the words said. too easy. ;)

I tinhk taht is rlaey kool!!! But is taht an iuslioln?

omg, this is SOO easy to me

yae i funod the mastikes saitrght aawy too, and slitl cluod raed it. kwel!!! P; srroy i maen ;P

theres an add like that, it tells us about it, but its all written down wrong

this is silly. of course, i usually neurotically correct other people's spelling mistakes so... this just irritates me. even if it is readable

tihs is a vrey good iulsilon

i saw it like 100000 times on otha sites.....its AWESOME!!

i saw it lkie 100000 tmeis on ohta seits.....its AEOSMWE!!

lol

fakey fakey!

ugh. readable, but painful. I can't believe anyone wouldn't notice the errors the first time around.

hey tht x ray pic of a head look like homer simpson from the simpsons!!! lol

^ | | maybe thats why the brain is so small

tihs is the way polepe raed cumopetr sapek
i nitoecd in 3 soencds. ^_^

hahaha. very funny

Amit Patel - not sure if you noticed, but you spelt university wrong XD

I notice taht the words were mispell half way through me reading taht was weird

sweet

wow wehn i frsit straetd raednig tihs i dnidt eevn notcie lol but tehn i firgued it out :-D

What it is, is that as long as you don't change the first and last letter, you can read it.

i read that lik i was in the 10 grade it was 2 easy

Wooooow, this is soooo cool! Although ther are a lot of mistakes, i couldent find trouble reading them at all.

1 time to figure it out

Is that Homer Simpsons'brain?

Ithink it is ^_^

Taht is aswome,but I hraed aoubt it smowheer esle

Amit Patel, I'm sure its really scrambled. Or is it a conspersity? *waves hands in air* Why else would a university say that if it isn't true? Jeez... Ttahs on the wlal of my old taeehcr's room. ITS TURE! RLEALY! IT TTOLALY TURE! RGIHT?

hloy suht taht is so aewosme and taht lkoos eaxtcly lkie hmoer spsimon's haed bcaesue of the mutoh and nsoe

Cool! I love this trick but I alredy read it in the newspaper.

WTF IS THE DEAL WITH THAT PICTURE VURDLAK WHAT THE HECK!

omg taht is awoseme!

haha lol thats how my righting looks like at school :P

Somebody sent the same thing to me in an email. Lame, really.

It works alright!

The x-ray looks like homer simpson lol

What the heck? I already saw the spelling errors, quit saying i missed something, when i didn't I notice that stuff all the time. I'm a "professional" speller and i have alots of friends on AIM who do that.. It's kind of anonynig soemtmies. I htae it.

how big are homers teeth?

Its funny but biaised....
Wehn the lttrees are clmpoety rzenanoidd our biran is silrutgnegg and no ssnee can be dteudced, hsloetny :)

bull shit. just becasue you type in siht does not mean it's some kind of illision or "weird phonemoneaoeaseon.. " OH WOW, LOOK MOMY I CAN READ WHEN THE LETTERS ARE MIXED UP AS LONG AS THE LENGHT AND FIRST AND LAST LETTER ARE CORRECT.. NO SIHT SUHUROCLK

you know the skelton in the picture next to the mixed words(which i could read fine,i am 12) I think that the skelton looks like Homer Simpson - i dont wach that show but from the movie previews it looks like him < lol

haha aww i feel dumb some of them it took me time to figure out what they meant but it was obvious to me that they were mispelled

I could read it through the first time and only stumbled once. I could tell that everything was spelled weird but i could still read it. Does that mean there's something wrong with me or something??????

My 7 year old could even figure this out! It's amazing!

i tried writing jumbled words like this with a pen and paper and its way less convincing/readable than when the words are typed up.

FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO KEEP SAYING THE IMAGE LOOKS LIKE HOMER SIMPSON, IT IS HOMER SIMPSON. THE IMAGE WAS MADE AS A JOKE BY THE SIMPSONS CREATORS- LOOK HOW TINY HIS BRAIN IS! IT'S MEANT TO BE FUNNY!

SO GET IT INTO YOUR HEADS, PEOPLE...

IT IS HOMER SIMPON!

I am evil homer! I am evil homer!

No university made this test, it's just a fake, if you move the letters more than two possitions in the word, even if the first and the last ones are in there places, you wont be able to read that word. if you dont trust me ... try to read this: You may palrobby be albe to raed smoe wdros but trehe are smoe taht you cnat urantsdend

It looks like someone was drunk when they wrote this...

I tnihk tihs is so esay. I aslo lvoe tnighs lkie tihs!

holy crap! I knew there was a lot of errors in it but no matter how many times I read it I fully understand it! Trippy...

the picture looks like homer from simpsons!this is michelle