RDE: Conduct a within-subjects experiment

Conduct a within-subjects experiment

Mirror tracing, maze running, and memory studies (especially studies using mnemonics) all lend themselves to within-subjects experiments. They also all lend themselves to a discussion of the need for counterbalancing because order effects (particularly those due to practice) are salient. You could replicate or model a study after either

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