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The search yielded 14 articles, two of which were irrelevant and excluded. The 12 papers remained after screening included the original study by Upper (1974), nine replication studies, one review, and one meta-analysis. The original work received 43 citations, but related works had fewer than 10 citations each. One fourth of citations of Upper (1974) were being satiric on \u201cnothing\u201d or \u201cprecise\u201d from papers dealing with unrelated concepts, and five citations were deemed erroneous\/digressed. One citation was made to acknowledge the reviewer\u2019s comments to Upper (1974), which did not involve Upper\u2019s own ideas. 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