Does graphology predict personality and intelligence?

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 78-94

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^a   Callahan, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big five; Graphology; Hand writing; Intelligence; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649111252     PISSN: 1541745X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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