Dr. Dementia Test

[Andrew Pohlman]

Doonesbury used a similar technique in which he set up a sexual context, then used the word "condominium" where he could have used "condom". Amost everyone read "condom" and had to read it three times to actually see the word "condominium". Our brains automatically unscramble words as shown above, but we can also see what we want rather than what is truly there...

[Saffiya]

I found this easy to read and am thankful on two counts. Firstly because I had the luxury of having fun while doing the exercise. Secondly, it gave me a modicum of reassurance that my struggle to recall things lately is just age-related and not the onset of dementia

[PaulHardy]

...aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh?

Off topic; I used to use this text in a presentation I gave to medical and nursing colleagues about medicines safety. I would follow it up with a list of medications whose names look similar--for example, chlorpromazine, chlorpropamide, chlorphenamine etc. All of these are for completely different medical conditions but could easily be mis-read. It's a reminder for colleagues about being vigilant!

(Tomzooki you can have that idea for free!)

[docdq99]

I think people and younguns who are on their smartphone all day are able to read this with ease.

right you are but with the predictive text turned off.

I am able to read the paragraphs without any problem but I guess this is because I am dyslexic in the first place. Hahaha

[gjj]

ı ɐɯ ɥɐddʎ ʇo ɹǝdoɹʇ ʇɥɐʇ ı ʍɐs ɐqןǝ ʇo ɹǝɐp ıʇ ʍıʇɥonʇ ɐuʎ dɹoqןǝɯ ʍɥɐʇsoǝʌǝɹ¡

[Asa Guitar]

Look like a teencode, i think i can read it easy:
" this message prove how our mind can do amazing thing.
Impressive thing
In the beginning
It was hard but now
In this line your mine is reading it automaticlly with our even
Thinking about it
Be proud! Only certain people can read this, please forward if you can read it!"

I did it! But what does it mean?

[meouzer]

On first pass, I didn't get the first two lines, but everything else was easy, and then the first two lines were easy after another look.

[fredao]

Not sure "0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15.", but amusing nonetheless.

[musikai]

I especially like the part where he describes how the rabbit stole his guitar.

[Yersinia]

It looks like my typing when I have a migraine.

[Scott Phillips]

That was cute. If I can read it, I would think just about everybody can.

[Shalludog]

Those who can read this are accomplished readers. I teach 3rd grade and only the best readers would be able to make any sense of these sentences. Those who are still having to put phonemes together to make sense of it would be lost.

[REHII]

I think it was very easy.
Are there more “tests” like this that can be posted here.
I would really like to know if I am really going crazy or just imagining it???

[drmdjones]

Howaboutwordsstrungtogetherwithoutspaces.

Thisiseasilyreadbyfluentenglishspeakingpeoplebutwouldbeverydifficultforsomeonejustlearningenglishsincetheymightnotknowwhereonewordendsandthenextbegins.

My spell checker is having a fit.