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Record 1 1988-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography
CONT

It has been found that certain observers cannot match all the pairs while others can do it quickly and accurately. This varying result certainly points to the fact that there is a disability which can be described as "form blindness".

OBS

Source: OSBORN, A.S. Questioned Documents. Albany, N.Y., 1929, p. 247.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Graphologie et cryptographie
DEF

En graphologie, test consistant à apparier, en un temps donné, plusieurs spécimens d'écriture de différentes provenances afin d'évaluer l'habilité d'une personne à percevoir d'infimes variations dans les formes.

Spanish

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