Downey (1910) conducted an experiment on 'Judgements on the sex of handwriting'. Where can I find information on this experiment?

-- Tanya Chundrigar (tanyachundrigar@hotmail.com), November 12, 2001

Answers

June Downey authored or co-author five papers on handwriting, though I cannot find the one you mention. The ones in APA's PsychInfo database are:

1. Discussion: (1) Studies in human actions (2) Distribution of effort (3) Character and handwriting. By Brightman, Edgar S.; Carr, Harvey; Downey, June E. Psychological Bulletin. 1919 Jan Vol 16(1) 24-31

2. Handwriting disguise. By Downey, June E. Journal of Applied Psychology. 1917 Dec Vol 1 (4) 368-379

3. Form and position in handwriting interpretation. Part II. By Downey, June E.; Anderson, John E. Journal of Educational Psychology. 1915 Jun Vol 6(6) 349-360

4. Form and position in handwriting interpretation. Part I. By Downey, June E.; Anderson, John E. Journal of Educational Psychology. 1915 May Vol 6(5) 289-300

5. Judgments on the sex of handwriting. By Downey, June E. Psychological Review. 1899 Jan Vol 17(3) 205-216

-- Christopher Green (christo@yorku.ca), November 12, 2001.

#5 on Chris's list is actually the 1910 study you are looking for. There are apparently some errors in the PsycINFO database involving the substitution of 1899 for the correct date, 1910, in Psych. Review articles from Volume 17.

-- Nicole B. Barenbaum (nbarenba@sewanee.edu), December 05, 2001.