The neuroscience of handwriting

Caligiuri, Michael P.

The neuroscience of handwriting applications for forensic document examination / [electronic resource] : Michael P. Caligiuri, Linton A. Mohammed. - Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012. - xix, 247 p. : ill. - International forensic science and investigation series ; 25 . - International forensic science and investigation series ; 25. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-233) and index.

1. Neuroanatomical and neurochemical bases of motor control -- 2. Neuroanatomical basis of handwriting movements -- 3. Models of handwriting motor control -- 4. Neurological disease and motor control -- 5. Psychotropic medications : effects on motor control -- 6. Aging and motor control -- 7. A kinematic approach to signature authentication -- 8. Isochrony in genuine, autosimulated, and forged signatures -- 9. Kinematic analyses of stroke direction in genuine and forged signatures -- 10. Neurological disease and handwriting -- 11. Effects of psychotropic medication on handwriting -- 12. Substance abuse and handwriting -- 13. Aging and handwriting -- 14. Conclusions.




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9781439871416 (ebook : PDF)


Writing--Identification.
Signatures (Writing)
Legal documents--Identification.
Graphology.


Electronic books.