Integrating Art Therapy and Emerging Technologies for Enhanced Neuroplasticity and PTSD Intervention
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains resistant to many conventional treatments, underscoring the need for integrative approaches that harness neuroplasticity. Art therapy, with its capacity to facilitate nonverbal trauma processing and multisensory engagement, has shown distinctive advantag...
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| description | Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains resistant to many conventional treatments, underscoring the need for integrative approaches that harness neuroplasticity. Art therapy, with its capacity to facilitate nonverbal trauma processing and multisensory engagement, has shown distinctive advantages over verbal and pharmacological interventions. Recent innovations, including virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI), and biofeedback have amplified the therapeutic efficacy of art-based interventions by enabling adaptive, real-time modulation of emotional and physiological states. This review synthesizes current research on technologically enhanced art therapy, comparing it to established treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Findings indicate that multimodal interventions leveraging VR and biofeedback foster improved emotional regulation, memory reconsolidation, and resilience, particularly when integrated with conventional methods. The novelty of this work lies in identifying how art therapy, augmented by emerging technologies, activates neuroplastic mechanisms through personalization, multisensory immersion, and closed-loop feedback. The study concludes that future PTSD care will benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration, rigorous empirical validation, and the development of personalized, technology-supported therapeutic ecosystems designed to optimize long-term recovery. |
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| spelling | intimal-21642025-08-19T02:30:36Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/2164/ Integrating Art Therapy and Emerging Technologies for Enhanced Neuroplasticity and PTSD Intervention Piper, Hutson James, Hutson BF Psychology L Education (General) QA76 Computer software RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains resistant to many conventional treatments, underscoring the need for integrative approaches that harness neuroplasticity. Art therapy, with its capacity to facilitate nonverbal trauma processing and multisensory engagement, has shown distinctive advantages over verbal and pharmacological interventions. Recent innovations, including virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI), and biofeedback have amplified the therapeutic efficacy of art-based interventions by enabling adaptive, real-time modulation of emotional and physiological states. This review synthesizes current research on technologically enhanced art therapy, comparing it to established treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Findings indicate that multimodal interventions leveraging VR and biofeedback foster improved emotional regulation, memory reconsolidation, and resilience, particularly when integrated with conventional methods. The novelty of this work lies in identifying how art therapy, augmented by emerging technologies, activates neuroplastic mechanisms through personalization, multisensory immersion, and closed-loop feedback. The study concludes that future PTSD care will benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration, rigorous empirical validation, and the development of personalized, technology-supported therapeutic ecosystems designed to optimize long-term recovery. INTI International University 2025-08 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/2164/1/joit2025_08.pdf text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/2164/2/711 Piper, Hutson and James, Hutson (2025) Integrating Art Therapy and Emerging Technologies for Enhanced Neuroplasticity and PTSD Intervention. Journal of Innovation and Technology, 2025 (08). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2805-5179 http://ipublishing.intimal.edu.my/joint.html |
| spellingShingle | BF Psychology L Education (General) QA76 Computer software RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Piper, Hutson James, Hutson Integrating Art Therapy and Emerging Technologies for Enhanced Neuroplasticity and PTSD Intervention |
| title | Integrating Art Therapy and Emerging Technologies for Enhanced
Neuroplasticity and PTSD Intervention |
| title_full | Integrating Art Therapy and Emerging Technologies for Enhanced
Neuroplasticity and PTSD Intervention |
| title_fullStr | Integrating Art Therapy and Emerging Technologies for Enhanced
Neuroplasticity and PTSD Intervention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating Art Therapy and Emerging Technologies for Enhanced
Neuroplasticity and PTSD Intervention |
| title_short | Integrating Art Therapy and Emerging Technologies for Enhanced
Neuroplasticity and PTSD Intervention |
| title_sort | integrating art therapy and emerging technologies for enhanced
neuroplasticity and ptsd intervention |
| topic | BF Psychology L Education (General) QA76 Computer software RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
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