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graphology

the study of handwriting and its associations with character types. There is some evidence that certain writing styles are associated with certain character traits. For this reason graphology is sometimes used as a quasi-PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST in RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION.
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'Competent graphologists should work hand in hand with medical doctors to help in early diagnostics as well as documenting the physical and psychological progress of a patient.
Sujit Sukumaran, life coach and graphologist, who claims he has transformed the lives of many students and businessmen, including chief executives, said, "Handwriting analysis can help in a variety of situations.
The Perthshire-based graphologist added: "She prefers to keep her options open and keep observing.
of Graphologists, http://www.britishgraphology.org/analyses/MichonAndTheBirthOf ScientificGraphology.pdf (last visited May 3, 2012).
yet according to my friend loveday, I'm naturally better than most graphologists. if anything, what I do is akin to psychometry -- feeling the vibe of the person and mirroring it back at him.
Claudia Rose, in the fourth entry in this series by Sheila Lowe, has the Southern California graphologist and her nearly life-long friend, Kelly, responding to the latter's half-sister, Erin, who pleads for help in finding her young daughter, Kylie.
Graphologist Emma Bache interpreted some of the drawings.
In January 1960, Delteil sent Miller an account of his personality compiled by a young graphologist, who had examined his script.
Riddhi, 25, a graphologist - or handwriting analyst - claims she can detect everything from whether a person is suffering from an illness to how truthful they are.
She gathers anecdotes at lunches with them, is shown Morante's clothes, and takes Morante's handwriting to a graphologist. Although in this course of these explorations, a person of increasing complexity emerges in fragments, the reader is left with the strong impression that the author wishes to pin her subject down.
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