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The neuroscience of handwriting : applications for forensic document examination /

The Daubert trilogy of U.S. Supreme Court cases has established that scientific expert testimony must be based on science grounded in empirical research. As such, greater scrutiny is being placed on questioned document examination generally, and handwriting comparison in particular. Bridging the gap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caligiuri, Michael P.
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Mohammed, Linton
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012.
Series:International forensic science and investigation series ; 25.
Subjects:
Writing > Identification.
Signatures (Writing)
Legal documents > Identification.
Graphology.
Écriture > Identification.
Signatures.
Documents juridiques > Identification.
Graphologie.
signatures (names)
Graphology
Legal documents > Identification
Writing > Identification
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.