The Neuroscience of Handwriting

Applications for Forensic Document Examination

By: Michael P. Caligiuri, Linton A. Mohammed

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Hardcover | 22 February 2012 | Edition Number 1

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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 between theory and practice, The Neuroscience of Handwriting: Applications in Forensic Document Examination examines the essential neuroscientific principles underlying normal and pathological hand motor control and handwriting.

Topics discussed include:

Fundamental principles in the neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of hand motor control and their application to research in handwriting
The epidemiology, pathophysiology, and motor characteristics of neurogenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, Huntington's, Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, essential tremor, and motor neuron disease and their effects on handwriting
Psychotropic medications prescribed for depression, bipolar disorder, and psychosis; their mechanisms of action; and their effect on motor behavior and handwriting
The impact of substance abuse on handwriting
An overview of the aging process and its effects on motor control and handwriting
The kinematic approach and new findings on the kinematic analyses of genuine, disguised, and forged signatures
The authors' laboratory research on authentic and forged signatures

An essential resource for professionals and researchers in the forensic documentation examination and legal communities, this volume provides a window on the scientific process of signature and handwriting authentication, integrating the extensive research on neural processes and exploring how disease, medication, and advanced age alter these processes.

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Series Preface-International Forensic Science Series	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
The Authors	p. xix
Fundamental Aspects of Motor Control and Handwriting
Neuroanatomical and Neurochemical Bases of Motor Control	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Historical Perspective on Brain Function for Hand Motor Control	p. 3
Neuroanatomical Bases of Hand Motor Control	p. 7
Basal Ganglia Neurochemistry	p. 13
Frontal-Subcortical Neural Circuits and Motor Function	p. 17
The Cerebellum and Brain Stem	p. 19
Summary	p. 22
Neuroanatomical Bases of Handwriting Movements	p. 23
Introduction	p. 23
Lesion Studies	p. 23
Functional Neuroimaging Studies	p. 30
Summary	p. 33
Models of Handwriting Motor Control	p. 35
Introduction	p. 35
Handwriting as a Motor Program	p. 36
Hierarchical Models of Handwriting Motor Control	p. 40
Cost Minimization Models	p. 44
Equilibrium Point Model	p. 51
Summary	p. 53
Neurological Disease and Motor Control	p. 57
Introduction	p. 57
Parkinson's Disease	p. 53
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration	p. 59
Essential Tremor	p. 60
Multiple System Atrophy	p. 61
Multiple Sclerosis	p. 52
Huntington's Disease	p. 53
Lower Motoneuron Disease	p. 64
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies	p. 66
Summary	p. 68
Psychotropic Medications: Effects on Motor Control	p. 71
Introduction	p. 72
An Overview of Psychotropic Medications	p. 72
Neurobiology of Psychotropic-Induced Movement Disorders	p. 76
Summary	p. 78
Aging and Motor Control	p. 79
Introduction	p. 79
Neurotransmitter Mechanisms of Motor Aging	p. 80
Aging Effects on Motor Behavior	p. 84
Summary	p. 90
Kinematics of Signature Authentication
A Kinematic Approach to Signature Authentication	p. 95
Introduction	p. 95
The Kinematic Approach	p. 97
Summary	p. 110
Notes	p. 111
Isochrony in Genuine, Autosimulated, and Forged Signatures	p. 113
Introduction	p. 113
Methods: Writers and Procedures	p. 114
Results	p. 115
Discussion	p. 116
Summary	p. 118
Kinematic Analyses of Stroke Direction in Genuine and Forged Signatures	p. 121
Introduction	p. 121
Methods: Writers and Procedures	p. 122
Results	p. 123
Upstroke/Downstroke Ratio Scores	p. 126
Summary	p. 126
Neurologic Disease, Drugs, and the Effects of Aging
Neurological Disease and Handwriting	p. 131
Introduction	p. 131
Handwriting in Specific Neurological Diseases	p. 133
Summary	p. 161
Notes	p. 163
Effects of Psychotropic Medications on Handwriting	p. 165
Introduction	p. 165
Empirical Research on Effects of Psychotropics on Handwriting Kinematics	p. 167
Summary	p. 176
Substance Abuse and Handwriting	p. 177
Introduction	p. 177
Methamphetamine	p. 178
Cannabis	p. 185
Alcohol	p. 190
Summary	p. 192
Notes	p. 193
Aging and Handwriting	p. 195
Introduction	p. 195
Empirical Research on Effects of Aging on Handwriting	p. 195
Summary	p. 199
Conclusions	p. 201
Bibliography	p. 207
Index	p. 235
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