Visible Language

R. S. Woodworth is best known among psychologists for his text Experimental Psychology. However, early in his career he produced a research monograph on the accuracy of voluntary movement which included a section on different ways of producing handwriting movements. We reproduce this section here for two reasons: on the one hand it is an early example of a psychologist’s interest in handwriting, which he followed up with careful observation; on the other hand it provides a basis for comparison to show the extent to which current work on behavioral aspects of handwriting is not only concerned with measurement but has progressed to possible theoretical interpretation.

July 1979  ·  issue 13.3