Olivia Bent Portfolio

My IDEAS project.

I’m a student at the University of Virginia and an intern at the Force for Health. During my internship, I created a lesson explaining the potential benefits of music therapy for Alzheimer’s patients. This is a fascinating topic that provides much insight into how our brain works. It may help you understand someone with Alzheimer’s disease.

In the following video, I introduce my project.

Click the image below to see my journey, Musical Memories: Alzheimer’s and music therapy.

Title: Musical Memories

If you want to explore this topic more, here are some other games I made about this topic.

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