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Mar 2021
28 m

Human challenge trials, Chess & memory, ...

Bbc Radio 4
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I have become hooked on playing online chess during this lockdown and after watching the Queen’s Gambit. So we’ll find out if it is actually doing my brain any good and whether it and similar games can ward off dementia. Margaret McCartney takes us on a fascinating tour through the history of deliberately infecting people with diseases, as the first “chall ... Show More
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