![]() Bfeore the Irntneet, the barin raed mtlosy in leianr wyas - one pgae led to the nxet pgae, and so on. The bairn was not dseengid for riaendg and trhee are no geens for radenig lkie three are for lauaggne or vioisn. I cdouln't fcroe msyelf to solw down so taht I wsan't siknmmig, pciinkg out key wdors, ognranizig my eye moetvnems to geantere the most ifianotromn at the hsiehgt seped. 'It was troture getitng touhgrh the fisrt page. 'I'm not kniddig: I cdluon't do it,' syas Wlof. After a day of srincollg tghoruh the Web and hdedruns of e-malis, she sat dwon one enenvig to raed Hearmnn Hsese's ciannlhgleg nvoel The Galss Baed Gmae. Mraaynne Wlof, one of the wlrod's fsmoroet exptres on the stduy of rnadieg, was stretlad last yaer to divseocr her bairn was aertpnalpy antiadpg, too. Rlwosnead rtoreps in the Wnasitgohn Psot taht, adrnioccg to covniitge ntesenucoiirtss, haumns seem to be dopnvileeg daigtil binras wtih new crtiuics for simnkimg torhguh the trneort of irfianoomtn oinlne at the eespnxe of taadinrtiol deep ridneag ctucirriy. Here's the summary scrambled, and there are parts that can be read pretty easily, but then there are words that simply can't be read "automatically" and you have to sit and think about them. I ran your text through my scrambler a few times, and some of the results were harder to read than others. Also, the way the words are scrambled makes a big difference too. Once you start using proper nouns and more diverse vocabulary, it becomes very difficult to read the scrambled text. Thing is, once you start throwing lots of more robust text in there (excerpt from a book, etc), it becomes very apparent that it really only works with simple, common words. 'We're spending so much time touching, pushing, linking, scrolling and jumping through text that when we sit down with a novel, your daily habits of jumping, clicking, linking is just ingrained in you,' says Andrew Dillon." Some researchers believe that for many people, this style of reading is beginning to invade our ability to deal with other mediums. This is nonlinear reading, and it has been documented in academic studies. With so much information, hyperlinked text, videos alongside words and interactivity everywhere, our brains form shortcuts to deal with it all - scanning, searching for key words, scrolling up and down quickly. ![]() Before the Internet, the brain read mostly in linear ways - one page led to the next page, and so on. ![]() The brain was not designed for reading and there are no genes for reading like there are for language or vision. I couldn't force myself to slow down so that I wasn't skimming, picking out key words, organizing my eye movements to generate the most information at the highest speed. 'It was torture getting through the first page. 'I'm not kidding: I couldn't do it,' says Wolf. After a day of scrolling through the Web and hundreds of e-mails, she sat down one evening to read Hermann Hesse's challenging novel The Glass Bead Game. Maryanne Wolf, one of the world's foremost experts on the study of reading, was startled last year to discover her brain was apparently adapting, too. Rosenwald reports in the Washington Post that, according to cognitive neuroscientists, humans seem to be developing digital brains with new circuits for skimming through the torrent of information online at the expense of traditional deep reading circuitry. Hugh Pickens DOT Com (2995471) writes "Michael S. ![]()
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