In an article published in the Homeland Security Newswire on August 28 2009, I happened to read the astonishing news that Israeli researchers have found that when one is writing lies, as opposed to writing the truth, the handwriting may vary significantly. This one simple finding may lead investigators to decide on a person’s guilt or innocence in a crime that has been committed.
Apparently, the researchers use a computerized tablet that analyses and measures the physical properties of a person’s handwriting, like for example the number of seconds the pen would be in the air when he is writing, or the pressure that he is applying on the paper, and find out from these characteristics whether he is being deceptive or truthful.
This does make a lot of sense, and one can perhaps hope for more research of this kind to bring quicker justice to the injured parties. An interesting piece of news indeed!
