Journal Published Online: 01 January 1985
Volume 30, Issue 1

Brain Function and Writing with the Unaccustomed Left Hand

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

Twenty right-handed subjects were asked to handprint a passage containing all the letters of the alphabet once with each hand. The purpose was to describe the changes a document examiner can expect to find in handprinting done with the unaccustomed left hand and to offer a hypothesis as to why these changes occur. It was found that many of the writers displayed persistent differences between their right- and left-hand writings. It is suggested that these differences were due to both a lack of manual dexterity when writing with the unaccustomed left hand and to the fact that different neurophysiological processes are involved.

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Dawson, GA
Centre of Forensic Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pages: 5
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Stock #: JFS10977J
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10977J