Last week I presented a seminar to a group of executives in California.  The topic was brain science.  More specifically, I spoke about how the limbic portion of the brain takes over a person’s normal ability to reason and think creatively when a person is exposed to a high level of acute stress.  You may want to review our previous Workpuzzle article if you have more interest in this topic.

In preparation for this talk, I reviewed some research on how the brain functions.  I guess my own mind became attuned to brain research because I later ran across this bit of trivia that caught my eye: 

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

There is probably no real research associated with this (it has apparently been floating around the internet since 2003), and I'm not sure what it really says about the brain…  Nonetheless, it is kind of fun!

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