Handwriting Analysis

Graphologist Andrea McNichol teaches about the science of graphology (handwriting analysis).
For more info about Andrea's teaching DVDs, how to get her UCLA handwriting analysis course on video, visit www.brainprints.com

[@holohulolo]

I personally believe that it's true that you can tell something about a person. But I think it's impossible to tell a person's personality through it, because I notice how they can easily change from time to time. If anything, it would reflect that person's emotions at the time of the writing. Then again it may not be accurate because of how the writings are demanded, and the reason the person was writing it. I believe it reflects the mind, at the time of writing. Much like how our voice changes depending on how we feel and react during a conversation.

[@soundgardener4940]

_"I personally believe"_ Your personal belief, huh? As opposed to your professional opinion? *_MORAN!_*

[@BlackMasterJoe89]

the teacher has a great personality, wish i had more teachers like that, maybe I would retain more!!!

[@XRemARx]

Wow what a great teacher..... Too bad I don’t see that often.

[@dksta2346]

I have been doing this since 1975. It works and you can not hide from me. I had a coworker challenge me by coming up with the same analysis of another coworker's personallity. My response to him was "you are missing the point. I could do this by looking at her handwriting and never seeing her in person. You know I'm right but you know her from working with her everyday. This it the first time I've ever spoken to her." The lectures are short and can't include much needed information but what she said is correct. Read her resume.

[@grandplans]

dksta2346 - I read one of Andrea's books. It was awesome. I read it twice and learned just enough info to get general understandings from someone's writings. One person didn't believe me, so I had them write a little something on a paper and I told them things they never told anybody. They were blown away. I find this subject fascinating.

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Miss I beg to differ with you. I was taught cursive writing in grade school and thats the way we were taught how to write an O.

[@mspixiedust100]

yes that's how the o is taught in cursive

[@anannya_s]

Anna Paulikonis exactly. so now if i am suspected for a crime and my handwriting is analysed they will take me for a liar just because that's how i was taught 😁😁😂

[@yahyahyor]

i dont have loops in my os when i write cursive. the connector is on the outside for me

[@luciamcmaster6338]

I was taught those "o"s too, but they quickly disappeared as my writing matured and became more personalized. Just like other letters in one's writing change.

[@longstoryshortisurvived]

I wrote an o like that when i was a child, but no longer

[@grandplans]

I have read one of her books. It was very awesome. I'd love to get her dvd set.

[@whisperingsage]

I learned in an autism class that doodling helps children (yes even not autistic ones) solidify the lecture and help it anchor in their minds. In church I used to hand out coloring books an and paper for the kids as we no longer had a children's church as a separate entity. We had some amazingly smart kids come out of the adult class.

[@talk2mepavan]

can we get the continution for doodle test??? if yes, where can we get it? plz post d link.. and also please post the links on graphology............

[@mspixiedust100]

I wonder how speedwriting fits in to this? I'm learning speedwriting, I love it! But it's the only cursive I do..

[@mgtowp.l.7756]

A Excellent Video.. Highly Recommended..Thank You Very Much For Sharing.. Very, Very Interesting..

[@mspixiedust100]

What about print writing though? I don't usually write in cursive

[@camuscat123]

and what if ...say... you have to sign your name roughly 100 times/day?

[@usernamemykel]

Then you should be smart enough to invest in a rubber stamp!

[@ObeyBunny]

Hey! No fair! I wanted to see what all of those doodles meant! What does the diagnal one mean?

[@izzygee2216]

So neat, makes me want to be in her class!!! 😁

[@usernamemykel]

Ummm, 12 years ago? You can still buy a copy of her book, Amazon, etc.

[@Sarah33Kaufman]

Thank you for the helpful video. These days though, nobody writes anymore. Everything is being typed using computers. How can we analyze writings when they are being typed? Thanks.

[@JimCullen]

Any such analysis would be just as accurate as this graphology. That is to say, not accurate at all.

[@emerald6675]

i love this teacher

[@Krazyk007x2]

I make a LOT of mistakes when I write, always have. I don't think I'm any more or less honest than the average person. The problem is, my brain thinks the words way faster than I can possibly write them. This leads to constant misspellings and writing the wrong words in the wrong places. Hell, I did it a few times writing this comment.

[@Jerry10939]

It’s because this is a pseudoscience.

[@Priyadarshan_Nag]

I love her 😍😄

[@soundgardener4940]

Translation: _"I'm an incurable virgin."_

[@user-eg6xu7cr8e]

15:22 My self image is a washing machine.

[@soundgardener4940]

Hard workers, washing machines; congratulations, you're hired!

[@seadawg93]

The printing could show a certain level of secretiveness and being in a hurry, but ultimately it just doesn't show anything because most traits need cursive writing. The shorthand name could mean a lot or nothing, it depends on the traits shown, the letters used and the whole gestalt.

[@strawberryseason]

@metalmike83 Graphology has at least as much validity as the Rorschach Ink Blot test or the Thematic Apperception Test. Neither of those widely used psychological tests have passed the scientific evidence test. Neither Freud's theories nor Erikson's stages are falsifiable, yet they are still taught in your psychology classes.

[@bernd_the_almighty]

the way i write with piss on snow correlates with my wisdom

[@susankelly5976]

thank you

[@nancyhoward2876]

After I watched this video, I re-read her book. It's very good.

[@TrinityAndries]

Which one?

[@nancyhoward2876]

@@TrinityAndries "Handwriting Analysis: Putting It to Work for You."

[@lulilith6]

I love her voice

[@kenshinlucy]

UPLOAD MORE ANDREA'S VIDEOS!!! O_O please!!! begging!!!

[@axiomist1076]

That was fun. I moaned when it suddenly ended.

[@lewallen86]

I’m hear because I just wrote in two different ways. I was writing poetry as I do sometimes

[@ElecTechie]

@apolloniavitelli yeah ... I have her book .. and in it .. she does state that her book is based on a particular writing style and that what we are taught in school affects it .. However, if we have enough of a sample to determine the style, then you can take that into account when you analyse .. Not an "exact" science .. but has proven useful more than not. Regardless of some peoples unsubstantiated comments. ( not yours )

[@LilMissae]

is it possible to change your handwriting? i hate mine, its ugly and messy.

[@angelo89]

Your previous learning experience on how to write letters doesn't matter. Here's the reason: Even though you are taught how to write letters properly, your handwriting CHANGES over time. And of course, graphologists will require a person to WRITE, and not to type on a keyboard!! They will also, most likely, require a person to write in cursive form and not in print.

[@DuffanyHero]

I agree.

[@dqbluff]

Interesting!

[@soundgardener4940]

*_Shaddup!_*

[@willb.139]

"two circles out of the one circle"? My first thought was to draw a smaller circle inside the circle, but I don't have the schizophrenia gene (O_o)

[@PlugMartian]

This is actually a little scary. I was taught to put loops on my "ovals" and to use loops on the beginning of my capital N and M. So according to her I'm some kind of pathological liar because of how I was taught to write. Scary.

[@anannya_s]

PlugMartian exactly what's going on in my mind.. o with a loop is how i was taught to write an o too. i am confused.

[@lavinder11]

She said the stab is a mark of a liar. The loops you describe are stylistic.

[@lewallen86]

Nobody writes how they were taught lol

[@lewallen86]

I can tell your personality just by that statement

[@YakThaWiseman72]

@PlugMartian Lmao, My thoughts as well some of these loops we were taught in Elementary when we learned to write in cursive. I must admit though I read Mindwriting by Jefferey Hammer and it was about this subject a lot of it was on point she is on point though.

[@LaSalviaBodysurf]

@lifeofanidiot about that alien thing, we can only prove that something exists, we cant prove that something doesnt. Little changes in a big time = huge change. We went a bit far from the handwriting topic..

[@user-wr4fl5bw2g]

She doesn't consider how for example in Europe we write the letter O. In school they teach us to do the loop on the letter. So if you write like that, how can you say for sure they are lying ? Just thinking.

[@nicknack1947]

Does the lady know Palmer Penmanship because it does look like semi -angular cursive David nz,

[@majawow]

overly styled writing is the bluffer! true

[@estellaarias7671]

We're not the only species who writes. Ive seen elephants draw pictures!

[@robbiedaug]

I only print my words. I don't use connected letters in my words. When i print, i use the exact same font as what you see, here, in this comment. I only sign my name and for that i don't use real letters, i use a "short hand" version of my my name. What does that mean?

[@EC2019]

It means you are immature, I would think. Write like a child except when you need a set piece pop star autograph which you artificially created for the purpose.

[@lewallen86]

What about broken o’s

[@HoracePL]

its nordic if you mean this letter "Ø" In Denmark and Norway we have those letters as "Æ,Ø,Å"

[@lifeofanidiot]

@LaSalviaBodysurf Yeah, but little changes stop at a certain point. This was already proven, but it was suppressed.

[@diotimamyrina]

I want part 2 -.-

[@Looneymooncartoons]

This is amazing! I caught a whole punch of lies before the video was even finished.

[@insiderartteachers3111]

Great presentation. I can't stand the chalk on blackboard. Cats don't write but they paint likenesses.

[@theaditxys]

I'm 16 in 2021 I'll come back in future

[@Thisisnotmyrealname8]

For what it's worth it is interesting to look at Barack Obama's signature considering the stabbing O.

[@dzymslizzy3641]

BUT---I often 'squiggle' and can't read my own writing when I need to transcribe notes for later, because it is difficult for me to write quickly enough and still keep up with what else is being said while I'm trying to write the last thing that was said. It doesn't mean I'm devious! The so-called "secretive" O is how we were taught to make an upper case O in grade school! So you're saying that everyone who make their Os as they were taught are suddenly "secretive?" BS! Also---penmanship going downhill--minus having lined paper, I just don't have a good eye or kinesthetic sense, and my writing tends to go downhill even if I'm in a great mood! I don't believe these studies are necessarily reliable indicators of personallity.

[@SheilaLowe]

Graphology is far from dead. People will always have to use handwriting for some applications. I'm wondering where you learned to write if, indeed, you were taught to make a stabbing circle in ovals. That's a system I've never heard of, and I've been in the field for more than 40 years.

[@T.H.H]

Is that Missy?!

[@littlemikey1954]

@gairabad There are good books and bad ones. M. L. Bunker taught his students NOT to "learn and remember", but to "learn, prove what you learned and then remember what you proved"

[@iughioo]

@metalmike83 No, that's not true. The intelligence is not shown by the neatness of the handwriting. There are other signs to direct to the power of the mind. In fact, neatness may reveal that the person is methodical and characterized by clarity in thinking which might not necessarily be a deep or fast one.

[@memoryrinehart]

Now texting wipes out analysis except for capitalizing, using symbols, etc.

[@usernamemykel]

Cursive? Why are you cursing at me?

[@theborn1967]

you misunderstood her mate ,, she just said handwriting can reveal intelligence,, she did not say people with good handwriting are more intelligent

[@SpoonsForks]

Why isn't there any ...NEW graphologist videos? I wanna be a graphologist when i grow up plz thnk u bi

[@whisperingsage]

Ms. McNichol, my mom turned me on to you years ago- I am flabbergasted at adults who can't read or write cursive. It appears to be the rule of school now. How is this affecting this graphology art?

[@narsplace]

+whisperingsage nothing, it would not change a thing, at all. Think about it English witting is only about 600 to 700 years yet there have been ideas of graphology long before that. Chinese writing as a lot on Graphology as well. So not just with English and or just cursive writing changers quickly but the brain does not.

[@mspixiedust100]

What country??

[@olemortenm]

@robingervais7 So you're implying that I should ignore everything I disagree with? Judge things without giving it a chance? That's not being very fair, and considering I called it a pseudoscience the very least I could do is give it the benefit of the doubt and watch the video.

[@zarehara]

the stabbing of ovals is insignificant. thatțs how we're taught to write in school in europe!! that's the "beautiful" handwriting.

[@Painnnnful]

@metalmike83 No, it doesn't go that straightforward... It has more to it...

[@Carolynne1982]

Doodling is proven to increase attention and retention of novel material, contrary to her claim that students who doodle aren’t engaged in the subject.

[@ninuchi]

@metalmike83 If u read her book..the neater you write the worse it is. It shows too much control over urself without any self expression....

[@namasivayamnadarajan6712]

Why everything looks so faded? Worn out over the years?

[@TheProfessionalMom]

I would have turned the circle into a wedding ring.

[@Remembrance1692]

I have the wierdest handwriting. Even in print... I go over my letters alot but I don't know why... I'm not lying, it's just a habit I have... and if I write, I realize I have a stabbed O and I wasn't lying about what I was writing... does it just mean I have a guilty mind or what? I don't write in cursive that much but in my opinion my cursive is very plain and sucks... all of these type of analyzing sciences say I get into detail well... but in my opinion I suck with detail. Maybe I'm strange

[@gullreefclub]

Hate to tell her the Oval test about loops and stabs is stupid I was taught to put a loop in my O just look at Palmer method of writing and as for the doodle test I have seen it before and taken it her answers for what is the most common answer is hardly the most common answer it like looking at ink blots As far as corrections and mistakes with the way most people spell & write (penmanship) today 90 percent of what is hand written is full of mistakes I take her statements with a grain of salt

[@khappy1286]

I learned my o's to loop too. In 2nd grade.

[@ucallmeshweta]

your SIGNATURE shows that you are independent person .but for actual analysis post the scaaned copy of your signature

[@ucallmeshweta]

hi..according to graphology a person who write in print wants to hide thing from other and they dont want other people to know how they are as a person .they like to remain enigma.

[@mspixiedust100]

Wow, really? I've always written in print!!

[@mspixiedust100]

Cursive feels awkward to me.

[@happyhoney3433]

Or it could be that their writing is mostly illegible and their printing is far easier to read

[@successandlifestyle]

Back in the day, this is how you were taught when you are an architect adding information to drawings. Printing in a similar manor. So that many architects could work on the same drawing and have it legible and similar.

[@marlineemmal6458]

@@successandlifestyle Yes. That's called Designer Printing. It's used so that even years later others can read the notes.

[@SheilaLowe]

Be careful about changing bits of your handwriting. Handwriting reflects who you are inside, so it's important to work with a professional. If you change your handwriting without know what you're doing, it will affect the way you feel. Sheila Lowe

[@kathberry8]

..I think those with bad clues in their handwriting are the very ones who say they don't think graphology is valid ,(but they know it is)...

[@JimCullen]

Hate to break it to you, but graphology isn't valid. There have been numerous scientific studies to that effect. See: * "Illusory Correlations in Graphological Inference", Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 6 (4): 336-348 * "Lockowandte, Oskar Present status of the investigation of handwriting psychology as a diagnostic method", Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology (6): 4-5. * Nevo, B Scientific Aspects Of Graphology: A Handbook Springfield, IL: Thomas: 1986 * "Graphology and Personality: Another Failure to Validate Graphological Analysis.", Personality and Individual Differences 8 (3): 433-435 Among many others.

[@kathberry8]

Jim Cullen...I reiterate..

[@JimCullen]

kathberry8 you believe that these scientific experiments are flawed? Did you even bother to check on *any* of their methodologies?

[@mathewkollamkulam6369]

Jim Cullen I'm sorry, but there are several studies which demonstrate its validity. 1) Binet, A. (1907). Crucial experiments in graphology. Philosophical Review, 64, 22-40. 2) Crumbaugh, J.C., & Stockholm, E. (1977). Validation of graphoanalysis by “global” or “holistic” method. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 44, 403-410. 3) Drory, A. (1986). Graphology and job performance: a validation study. In B. Nevo (ed.). Scientific aspects of graphology. Springfield, IL: Thomas. 4) Eysenck, H. (1945). Graphological analysis and psychiatry: An experimental study. British Journal of Psychology, 35, 70-81. 5) Lemke, E., & Kirchner, J. (1971). A multivariate study of handwriting, intelligence and personality correlates. Journal of Personality Assessment, 35, 584 - 592. 6) Lewinson, T., & Zubin, J., (1944). Handwriting Analysis. King’s Crown Press. 2nd Ed. 7) Linton, H., Epstein, L., & Hartford, H. (1962). Personality and perceptual correlates of primary beginning strokes in handwriting. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 15, 159-170. 8) Nevo, B. (1989). Validation of graphology though use of a matching method based on ranking. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 69, 1331-1336. 9) Oosthuizen, S. (1990). Graphology as predictor of academic achievement. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 71, 715-721 10) Riggio, R.E., Lippa, R., & Salinas, C. (1990). The display of personality in expressive movement. Journal of Research in Personality, 24, 16-31. 11) Satow, R., & Rector, J. (1995). Using gestalt graphology to identify entrepreneurial leadership. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 81, 263-270. 12) Sonnemann, U., & Kerman, J.P. (1962). Handwriting analysis-a valid selection tool. Personnel, 39, 8-14. 13) Van Rooij, J.J.F., & Hazelzet, A.M. (1997). Graphologists’ assessment of extraversion compared with assessment by means of a psychological test. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 85, 919-28. 14) Wellingham-Jones, P. (1989). Evaluation of the handwriting of successful women through the Roman-Staempfli Psychogram. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 69, 999-1010. 15) Williams, M., Berg-Cross, G., & Berg-Cross, L. (1977). Handwriting characteristics and their relationship to Eysenck’s Extraversion-Introversion and Kagan’s Impulsivity-Reflectivity dimensions. Journal of Personality Assessment, 41, 291-298. There are many more...

[@fulgore1]

interesting,i am sure there is some truth to this,but this is just promotional material hence explaining its over simplification for example flamboyant writing could be an indicator of creativity/artistic rather than being a " con-artist".

[@mspixiedust100]

The only time I doodle is on the phone.

[@LaSalviaBodysurf]

@lifeofanidiot /watch?v=dK3O6KYPmEw&feature=related ohh yes baby, you just got served.

[@hayleybourgault4114]

I don't agree with some things she said. I'm a very artistic and honest person, but alo t of times I write with lots of loops because I'm artistic, that's it... Also my handwriting changes depending on the mood I'm in. Some things I'll agree with but, not the ones I mentioned...

[@iwoman3174]

i would like to take the doodle test but the video does not give the instructions for the viewers.

[@mariamkinen8036]

😍💯

[@gaudiumfelidae9520]

You might as well see your horoscope it might have more truth in it

[@ObeyBunny]

Oh, no fair! I wanted to see what the rest of my doodles mean!

[@DahmerKavorkian]

Xerox? my god woman!

[@Adahn5]

"It will affect the way you feel" ? "I've been in the field for more than 40 years"? What field is that? Voodoo? Psychology? And if you say teaching, then I suggest you go back to whatever university you graduated from, and ask for your money back. - Let the girl change her handwriting, it's her deal. Work with a profession, please.

[@pusokabo]

I doodled a pencil sharpener first then a flower in a pot for the second image. I'm weird.

[@annabellebeckwith9283]

ha! Good one. I drew a cat in the first block; so according to Ms. McNichol I apparently think I'm a cat. As for you, Kabo, do you find yourself covered with lead and wood shavings from time to time? (not so sure what that flower in a pot for the next block would indicate, though!)

[@strawberryseason]

@SaganAppreciationSoc Do you consider all of psychology then to be a pseudoscience? Handwriting is similar to other types of body language. Our handwriting is determined by our brains, not by our hands. There is a connection between the brain and the body, this idea is not new.

[@BhuvaneshB]

@metalmike83 So I guess my IQ has gone down in the past decade, because my handwriting has gotten worse? :)

[@vincientcleamons8234]

Can’t see what she writes on the board.

[@jonmahashintina]

cool now i can solve all the unsolved crimes.

[@ElecTechie]

@SaganAppreciationSoc IF that is the case .. then OH YEAH! for pseudoscience.. Cuz it has caught many a criminal ..

[@beardog365]

Why in the world isn't this admissible in courts in the US???

[@mspixiedust100]

Because different experts vary slightly.

[@mikerossscuba]

'Cuz it's unreliable and speculative.

[@mspixiedust100]

+mikerossscuba There's actually basis behind it. It can be pretty accurate.

[@happyhoney3433]

@@mspixiedust100 It can also be wildly inaccurate

[@lifeofanidiot]

@LaSalviaBodysurf That'd own me if I were a creationist. :| But see, there's a problem: that's no more proof for evolution than it is for Aliens coming down and bonding our chromosomes. :|

[@fielsjd]

No. It doesn't work for people who write in print or in cursive.

[@03cobrah]

the 30 dislikes are the ones that found out they're crazy

[@AK-nd9io]

4:21 Robin Williams as Mrs Doubtfire

[@venkateshvandana6423]

You are wrong... People who see my hand writing thought I am a doctor...but I am an Engineer....

[@carmelpule6954]

Wetting the finger with one's mouth at 11:20 to do the doodle test, is not expected to be done by anyone, let alone a public speaking lady!

[@jazmin7640]

So what if I doodle all over my school work? I get straight As

[@bettierusso5410]

With this ill educated millineal's do not even know how to write. What about the fact that the writer just learned their handwriting in the fifties or sixtie's? My mother had wonderful handwriting, and I learned from her. It was the "Denielial script, and the Spensarian script" All the cursive letters are connected and in one fluid line. The "O's" in them are always slightly open at the top if they are made correctly. My mother was as honest as the Achangel and had beautiful, flowing, flowery look. It does not mean she was a dishonest cerialkiller. Good handwriting requires practice and skill. Shoot, the school system now graduates people with a degree that are illiterate ! I think EVERY PERSON should be taught how to write.

[@stormspringfield6777]

Bettie Russo Strong words from a person who spelt millennial, archangel and serial killer wrong

[@duakanwal5140]

English language mein 10 class tak sahi english na likhnay per mistake ki bina per marks kam diye jatay hein jab college life mein aye special signature saat doctors ki writing jitna wrong na A ki samjh aye na Bcd ki kisi ko eye na ye kaha jata hai doctor ki writing haisi hoti hai ek baat aj tak mujhay samjh nahi eye medical all store walay poor mostly uneducated ager na bhi hn kuch molvie religion wo easily parh ker medicine kaisay de detay hein kia ye sab cid agency dress change look hotay hein main MA education ek doctor ki writnig nahi parh pae only apnay relatives doctors ke elawa ye sab singnature check kisi officer ke main ek aj tak nahi parh matlab kia hai wo chaye bank check per ho sign wo chaye humhari domicell asnaad means .sochnay ki baat hai ek dari moochein wala molvie jin ka getup full religion ho look mein educated na ho doctors ki handwriting parh ker medicine dena bari baat ye jo young boys abhi complete study na ki ho wo bhi parh ker de rahay hotay hein haisay same join english handwriting main jis ki study ki samjh nahi matlab Abcd sahi likha hi nahi hota marks full mujhay ye to pata hai army agency ke hardwork workers ka head army ka house bazar market mein kisi ko pata na chalay cheez ki bana per aye same brand rich ka army head brand shoppnig mall side office haisay same her fields even agriculture land lord base per army head agency same pyar ishq fields bhi waisay haisay society ka army head agency ka boss neighbours ager uniform army ke pass peoples ka ana jana howa to common peoples public sochein gi army mein kia kaam haisay same religions politicians puray world ka kaam

[@suckfist]

She's pulling back and disguising that turkey neck. Gobble, Gobble

[@brianmoores8006]

,,,,,

[@bagelfanatic]

Lol 3:37-3:39..