The success of sixty subjects in attempting to recognize their handwriting

Abstract

Negro college girls wrote prose, poetry, letters of the alphabet, and figures on cards according to specifications. A week later each subject was asked to make three selections of her cards from the group. Results show that while over 50% were able to identify their prose, poetry, and letters, less than 50% succeeded in recognizing their figures in any of the three attempts. 45% were mistaken in all three attempts to recognize their figures, while mistaken selections for the other five specimens ranged from 3% to 13%. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)