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Studying whether damage to a person's hippocampus impairs the formation of long-term memory traces provides a clear example of when an experiment cannot be conducted due to practical or ethical constraints. Because it is highly unethical and impossible to intentionally manipulate the independent variable by inflicting brain damage on participants, researchers are forced to use non-experimental methods to observe the memory capabilities of individuals who have already suffered naturally occurring hippocampus damage.

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