Editing Hypergraphia (section)

{{Short description|Psychological condition wherein a person is compelled to write or draw}}
{{Distinguish|Hypergraphy|Hypergraph}}
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[[File:Herzensschatzikomm.jpg|thumb|A letter written by artist [[Emma Hauck]] while institutionalized in a mental hospital; many of her letters consist of only the written words "come sweetheart" or "come" repeated over and over in flowing script]]
'''Hypergraphia''' is a behavioral condition characterized by the intense desire to write or draw. Forms of hypergraphia can vary in writing style and content.  It is a symptom associated with [[temporal lobe]] changes in [[epilepsy]] and in [[Geschwind syndrome]].<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Devinsky J, Schachter S |title=Norman Geschwind's contribution to the understanding of behavioral changes in temporal lobe epilepsy: the February 1974 lecture |journal=Epilepsy Behav |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=417–24 |date=August 2009 |pmid=19640791 |doi=10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.06.006|s2cid=22179745 |type=Biography, History article}}</ref> Structures that may have an effect on hypergraphia when damaged due to temporal lobe epilepsy are the [[hippocampus]] and [[Wernicke's area]].  Aside from temporal lobe epilepsy, chemical causes may be responsible for inducing hypergraphia.