Talking Christmas evidence 2024

Talk Evidence by The BMJ

Jan 1, 202526:07Science & Medicine

In this special festive episode, Helen MacDonald, Juan Franco, and guest Tim Feeney discuss three intriguing themes from BMJ's 2024 Christmas edition: cognitive dysfunction in careers that require spatial cognition, and...

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