Mirror handwriting or mirror writing, as psychologists call the phenomenon, when a person writes not from left to right, but vice versa. Moreover, all letters look as if written in mirror image. This feature has another name - "Leonardo's handwriting."
Mirrored writing is called "Leonardo's handwriting" in honor of Leonardo da Vinci. This person was an artist, scientist, sculptor, architect, inventor, etc. Many of his notes, including the famous diary, were written in this way, from right to left, and all letters are depicted vice versa.
Over the centuries, many have tried to answer the question, why did da Vinci keep his notes precisely in a mirrored style? At the moment, there are two main theories. The first is that a genius needed to hide his notes from reading. Thus, da Vinci used this writing method to encrypt his notes.
Adherents of the second theory explain this feature of Da Vinci's notes by its convenience for the author himself. According to some assumptions, the scientist used his left hand for writing. And as the latest research by scientists has proved, if a person is left-handed, then it is much more convenient and faster to write letters in mirror image.
The phenomenon of mirror writing is not uncommon, and in most children, not only left-handed, between the ages of three and seven, one can observe the spontaneous appearance of Leonardo’s handwriting. According to scientists, this is a necessary stage in the development of writing skills. But still, more often this feature can be observed in people who use left-handed writing.
Some doctors associate this phenomenon with mental and physical diseases of the brain. Very often, mirror writing occurs in patients with schizophrenia, with focal brain damage, epilepsy, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Moreover, most often, "Leonardo's handwriting" is found in people with diseases that affect the left hemisphere of the brain.
At the moment, there is no consensus on what exactly is mirrored writing. Is it a sign of mental or physical abnormalities in the brain, or is it manifested in geniuses? Also, there are no accurate statistics on how far left-handedness is a prerequisite for mirror writing. The phenomenon of mirror writing is still being studied by many.
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