A dose of art may keep dementia at bay

The NUS Museum is using art reminiscence therapy to engage seniors at risk of dementia, in a bid to prevent or delay the onset of the disease. The programme is part of a study which is advised by Prof Kua Ee Heok from the Dept of Psychological Medicine at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, that will use brain scans and chromosome analysis, among other measures, to gauge if this form of art therapy works.

• The Straits Times, 3 September 2016, Home, pB4