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Curator amendment CA-AM-0071 (2026-10-22): Hold closed (curator re-read of PMC3037488 full text, readback 7320b32a33a9e480): 'There were 48 participants (24 males and 24 females)', and Experiments 2-4 used 'the same 48 observers'; the first stated generalisation concern is whether preferences for 'concentric-square, figure-ground displays will generalize to ... other spatial configurations' (preliminary side-by-side data suggest they do). 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