Graphology Graphology Graphology (or graphoanalysis, but not "graphanalysis") is the analysis of the physical characteristics and patterns of handwriting claiming to be able to identify the writer, indicating psychological state at the time of writing, or evaluating personality characteristics. It is generally considered a pseudoscience. The term is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to forensic document examination, due to the fact that aspects of the latter dealing with the examination of handwritten documents are occasionally referred to as "graphanalysis". Graphology has been controversial for more than a century. Although supporters point to the anecdotal evidence of positive testimonials as a reason
Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge web site for a project entitled "The Human Journey". It aims to "follow humanity from our origins in Eastern Africa and the Middle East to the present day, with an eye to what comes next." Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge The Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge (ISHK) is a non-profit educational charity and publisher established in 1969 by the noted and award-winning psychologist and writer Robert E. Ornstein and based in Los Altos, California, in the USA. Its watchword is "public education: health and human nature information." Robert Ornstein, psychologist, writer and professor at Stanford University,