Introduction  Results  Graphology  Supreme Court Rulings  Workshops & Lectures  History  Contact Graphology The scientific basis of graphology is that handwriting is actually ‘brainwriting’. The impulse to write originates in the cerebral cortex, and is carried through the nervous system to the hand. The pen acts as a seismograph, tracing the symbols that comprise our writing. These symbols are made up of strokes that reveal the patterns of personality. Handwriting features such as size, placement and angle, pressure, spacing, legibility, etc. are examined within the framework of the graphic movement. Handwriting is as unique as fingerprints, and can’t be faked due to the spontaneous nature of free-flowing handwriting. Characteristics are never looked at alone, instead taken in context and considered in relation to the whole. Graphology has been used as an employment-screening tool for decades in Europe, and is widely used throughout the U.S. It is absolutely unbiased as nothing is revealed about a person’s race, gender or orientation. Handwriting has been determined to be public in nature, and thus legal to use for hiring (see Supreme Court Rulings). The Development of Handwriting Analysis In 1871, Abbe Jean Hippolyte Michon introduced the term graphology. He was the first to attmpt to find a scientific method. He based his theories on empirical evidence alone and did not seek to confirm his findings in psychological interpretation. Michon’s pupil and successor, Jules Crepieux-Jamin, elaborated on his teacher’s system and was accepted as Head of the French School of Graphology. During 1895 – 1920, methodical investigation of the psychology of handwriting established it as a science. Three investigators gave the science a new complexion: W. Preyer, a child psychologist; G. Meyer, a psychiatrist, and L. Klages, a philosopher. Those moving handwriting analysis steadily forward since then have included the French philosopher and Nobel Prize winner Henri Bergson; Charles Henry, Director of Laboratory at the Sorbonne; Dr. Pierre Janet, psychiatrist and professor at the College of France; Swiss psychologist, Max Pulver, who introduced the importance of unconscious drives in handwriting; Carl Jung; Dr. Louise Rice, founder of the American School of Graphology in the states; and Klara Roman, psychologist and founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Handwriting, Budapest to name a few.       Home | Introduction | Results | Graphology | Court Rulings | Lectures | History | Contact © 2004 Drew Consulting, Ltd.