What's in a name? Professor studies the psychological power of the signature
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 07:00
in Psychology & Sociology
In a world where e-signatures and signing by PIN is becoming increasingly common, the act of signing by hand carries symbolic meaning. Legally, e-signatures and handwritten signatures have the same power, but University of Virginia assistant professor Eileen Chou began to suspect that they did not exert the same level of influence over the signer.