According to research from the National Pen Company in the U.S., your handwriting can give away clues about 5,000 different personality traits based on the way you space your letters, how you sign your name, and even how you connect the letter ‘o’ and ‘s’ to other letters in a word. So clearly a lot. A handwriting sample is enough for an employer to determine if you are good for the job without even going in for an interview.
Handwriting is the expression of one’s thought and ideas put on paper( or any writing surface) in written form. Graphology or Handwriting analysis is the study of this written expression. This study is based on the concept that handwriting is a reflection of a person’s mental state at that moment.
Handwriting can change over time as your physical and mental characteristics change. But genetic influence only goes so far. People whose handwriting is extremely similar to their parents didn’t inherit it they simply copied it, maybe even subconsciously.
There is a huge misunderstanding when it comes to what a handwriting of a person looks like. Because it looks messy or bad doesn’t mean much. As long as the handwriting is somewhat legible, a Handwriting Expert will be able to understand the stroke formations and decipher the characteristics. Some people have a bad looking writing but may have amazing characteristics that make them successful people.
Graphology is the analysis of the physical characteristics and patterns of handwriting to be able to identify the writer, indicating the psychological state at the time of writing, or evaluating personality characteristics. It is generally considered a pseudoscience.
The benefits of cursive go beyond writing. Learning to write in cursive is shown to improve brain development in the areas of thinking, language, and working memory. Cursive handwriting stimulates brain synapses and synchronicity between the left and right hemispheres, something absent from printing and typing. Cursive requires you to be able to flow from one letter to another without a break when compared to print where you lift your pen after every character. This continuity plays a major role in growth.
Right brain – left brain
In general, the left hemisphere controls speech, comprehension, arithmetic, and writing. The right hemisphere controls creativity, spatial ability, artistic, and musical skills. But since writing is usually a combination of many different aspects including visual feedback, motor skills, language and creativity, many regions of the brain activate while writing.
