New computer program studies handwriting to detect liars

Washington, Aug 29 : While experts have long been trying to use handwriting as a tool in forensic labs or their personality traits, researchers have now developed a computerized tool that can measure handwriting characteristics more effectively, making it greatly useful in lie detection.
Headed by Gil Luria and Sara Rosenblum at the University of Haifa,
the researchers utilised a computerized tablet that measured the physical properties of the subject''s handwriting, which are difficult to consciously control (for example: the duration of time that the pen is on paper versus in the air, the length height and width of each writing stroke, the pressure implemented on the writing surface).