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1Key Laboratory of Criminal Science and Technology, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing 401120, PR China.
Forensic Science International
|March 11, 2019
Summary
Forgers find it difficult to distinguish their own handwriting forgeries from genuine samples. This cognitive neuroscience study reveals imitators struggle with self-produced forgeries due to suppressed natural handwriting characteristics.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Forensic Science
- Psychology
Background:
- Traditional questioned document examination faces challenges in differentiating genuine and forged handwriting.
- The cognitive processes underlying forgery detection by imitators remain under-explored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the neural mechanisms of attentive processing in imitators (forgers) when evaluating genuine and forged handwriting exemplars.
- To understand the cognitive challenges faced by forgers when assessing their own creations.
Main Methods:
- Examined neural mechanisms of attentive processing in forgers.
- Analyzed imitators' evaluation of their own forgeries and genuine handwriting samples.
Main Results:
- Imitators experienced greater difficulty in evaluating their own forgeries compared to genuine samples.
- This difficulty may stem from the forgeries containing both consciously copied features and unsuppressed natural handwriting characteristics.
Conclusions:
- The cognitive processing of forgeries by forgers presents unique challenges.
- Further research phases will utilize self-reporting and eye-tracking to identify specific features imitators rely on, potentially improving forgery detection and forger identification.
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