Okay, so we have all been there!
We have all found ourselves
dumbfounded by the simplest of words, unable to move on or write
anything else. We write
for a living, so how is it even possible?
We call this occurrence
wordnesia — and it is
no joke! Alrika Möller from media update unravels the struggles of wordnesia here:
What is it exactly?
Wordnesia is when you have
no idea how to
spell a word that you have read and written
a million times.
It completely stumps you! It can also be when you are looking at a
specific word and your brain decides it looks
wrong. So rude!
What causes this affliction?
Neuroscientists have been wondering about this for
ages.
The most common theory is that your brain gets
hyper-fixated on the word due to
subconscious distractions or
fatigue and your brain goes into overdrive to analyse it.
Another
popular theory is that we go into a form of
autopilot when we write or read if we do it often, causing our brains to start doing certain things
automatically. The automatic brain train hits a
speed bump and your brain gets confused — which is also known as a
brain glitch.
Have you ever experienced wordnesia? Let us know in the comments section below.
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