The Psychology and Physiology of Mirror-Writing (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Psychology and Physiology of Mirror-Writing Clapham18 believes that abduction is the more convenient movement for writing. He studied a child who could write with the left hand almost equally well in three styles - namely, mirrorwise (the style first learned), rightwards (as she was made to write in school), and with alternate lines in opposite directions (when she was absent-minded). He sees a parallel between this case and the history of writing, which was left wards in the earliest Greek and Etruscan period, later plough wise, and finally rightwards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.