#77 - Holiday Episode 2024 - Quirky Papers

Welcome to a special Holiday Episode of the PAPERs Podcast! In this fun and festive episode, the hosts bring their quirkiest and most unconventional academic papers to the table, sharing surprising insights and plenty of laughs along the way.

The hosts have scoured the academic universe to bring you the following:

• How alcohol might just help you solve creative problems.
• Why eating chocolate could potentially make you a Nobel laureate.
• How side effects of placebos can enhance their perceived effectiveness.
• The surprising connection between video games and bronchoscopy skills.
• Why humor belongs in the classroom, straight from medical students' perspectives.
• Insights into how science progresses—one funeral at a time.
  
  
  You find episode notes and references at the episode webpage
  
  PAPERs Podcast are
  Hosts: Lara Varpio, Jason Frank, Jonathan Sherbino, Linda Snell
  Technical Producer: Samuel Lundberg
  Web Manager: Alex Alexandersson
  Executive Producer: Teresa Sörö
  
  Production of Unit for teaching and learning at Karolinska Institutet