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Is the science of handwriting analysis accurate?

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Is the science of handwriting analysis accurate?

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NO. Not according to: http://www.skepdic.com/graphol.html “GRAPHOLOGY is the study of handwriting, especially when employed as a means of analyzing character. Real handwriting experts are known as FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINERS, not as graphologists. Forensic document examiners consider loops, dotted “i’s” and crossed “t’s,” letter spacing, slants, heights, ending strokes, etc. They examine handwriting to detect AUTHENTICITY OR FORGERY. “Graphologists examine loops, dotted “i’s” and crossed “t’s,” letter spacing, slants, heights, ending strokes, etc., but they believe that such handwriting minutiae are physical manifestations of unconscious mental functions.” “in properly controlled, blind studies, where the handwriting samples contain no content that could provide non-graphological information upon which to base a prediction (e.g., a piece copied from a magazine), graphologists DO NO BETTER THAN CHANCE at pr

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