Quickly count the number of F in the following
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FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS
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did you count the f’s? …..answer below…..
Congratulations, like the majority of people, you answer 3… whereas answer is 6 !
You can count :
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FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS
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In fact , the brain can’t treat “OF”, incredible, not ? Whoever counts the six ‘F’ the first time is a genius, four is rather frequent, five is rather rare, three is normal. Less than three, you must change glasses ; -)
Explanation : During the quick reading, the eyes fix the “lexical” words, while jumping over the “grammatical” words (articles, conjunctions…). The 3 “OF” of the text are not directly fixed.
6 year old children are for the majority at the stage of deciphering and fix all the words. However, the concentration can explain easily why you succeeded, or why you were trapped.
