In 1974, Dennis Upper published a paper — well, to be precise, a blank page — entitled “THE UNSUCCESSFUL SELF-TREATMENT OF A CASE OF “WRITER’S BLOCK.” There have been several attempts to replicate the work, which has become a classic among a certain cohort of academics. Until late last month, however, there was no multidisciplinary … Continue reading Researchers replicated a classic paper on unsuccessful treatment of writer’s block. Then they tried to write it up.