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Graphology is the analysis of the physical characteristics and patterns of handwriting purporting 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. Also, according to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' and the ''American Heritage Dictionary'', the term can alternately be defined simply as the “study of writing”, which is not at all “pseudoscientific”, and might indeed be an aspect of document examination.〔“Graphology”. ''Oxford English Dictionary''. Oxford University Press. 1st ed. 1909.〕〔Davies, Peter, editor. “Graphology”. ''American Heritage Dictionary''. Dell Publishing (1976) ISBN 0-440-10207-3〕 Graphology has been controversial for more than a century. Although supporters point to the anecdotal evidence of positive testimonials as a reason to use it for personality evaluation, most empirical studies fail to show the validity claimed by its supporters.〔 〕 == Etymology == From ''grapho-'' (from the Greek γραφή, "writing") and ''logos'' (from the Greek λόγος, "word"). There also exist many other words formed from the same root: graphopathology, graphomaniac, graphistic, graphopsychology, psychographology, graphometric, graphometry, graphoanalysis, graphotechnology, micrographia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graphology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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