The Neurological Significance of Children‘s Drawing: The Scribble Hypothesis

Abstract

Drawing is a substantive mental activity; its defense has been made. The Scribble Hypothesis extends the argument, establishing human mark-making as our defining language instinct. This article posits four neurological reasons for the phenomenon called scribbling. Also, to clarify the profound significance of little children's scribbles, this paper demonstrates scribblings' physical overlaps with images from art history and abstract mathematical representations of brain activity. This visuo-neurological-mathematical appreciation for scribbling and drawing is important for a multiple literacy education. Scribbling is the wellspringfrom which speech, reading, and writing flow across sign systems.

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