The Positive Effects of Art Therapy and Its Affect on the Brain

Visual Arts;PTSD;treatment;Art Therapy;muscle movement;neurological response

Walker, Lydia

University of Wisconsin

关键词: Visual Arts;    PTSD;    treatment;    Art Therapy;    muscle movement;    neurological response;   

Others  :  https://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/72153/Walker2015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

瑞士|英语

来源: University of Wisconsin

【 摘 要 】

Art therapy involves most of ones, five sense. It involves, vision, touch, smell, and hearing. In addition it involves interactions with others and muscle movement. These things make art therapy very different from other types of therapy such as psychotherapy. This creates different resulting outcomes and also causes different neurological responses in the brain than other types of therapy. This study will show how art therapy differs from other therapies and exemplify affects of art therapy outcomes.