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Published online 26 August 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1063
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Pass me the nautiloid, nurse
The potential of 'object therapy' to be tested in hospital.
Can hospital patients benefit from handling beautiful or intriguing museum objects? Researchers at University College London, UK, are preparing to find out. Nature News spoke to Helen Chatterjee, deputy director of UCL Museums & Collections, who is leading a unique two-and-a-half year project.
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