Analysis of Application Pathways for Mixed Reality Technology-Based Expressive Arts Therapy in Elderly Language Health
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: 当前，老龄化进程加速，老龄化问题日益凸显。研究显示，伴随年龄的不断增长，老年人语言健康呈现逐渐衰退的趋势。本研究利用调查问卷，主要对泰安和济南两地常住老年人(年龄区间为60岁至90岁)的语言退化程度和表达性艺术活动参与情况、对语言健康训练的参与意愿、对混合现实(Mixed Reality)技术和表达性艺术活动的融合倾向、以及老年人对于语言健康训练面临的挑战与期望建议进行研究，旨在探索MR技术与表达性艺术融合干预老年语言健康的实施路径。通过SPSS统计学分析，结果显示超70%的老年人语言能力出现不同程度的衰退现象(95.04%的老年人词汇提取困难，94.32%的老年人回忆词语费力，78.08%的老年人说话语速较年轻时变慢)；32.46%的老年人偏爱剪纸和讲故事；88.65%的老年人将参与语言健康训练列入考虑范围；45%的老年人更期望在二十世纪六七十年代的场景进行语言康复训练。由此可见，老年人更倾向于在MR所设立的怀旧场景下，搭配剪纸、讲故事一类的表达性艺术治疗方法进行语言健康的训练活动。基于调查结果，本研究结合具身认知理论和情景记忆理论，融合神经科学视角，构建了“表达性艺术–MR–语言”三元交互的干预模型，提出了“硬件适老–经济可行–代际协同”三位一体的实施框架，为老年语言健康的干预提供新思路。Currently, the aging process is accelerating, and aging-related issues are becoming more prominent. Research indicates that the language health of the elderly gradually declines with age. This study surveys elderly residents (aged 60-90), mainly in Tai’an and Jinan, via questionnaires. The survey covers the matters of language degradation of the elderly, the elderly’s participation in expressive arts, their willingness for language training, and preference for MR-expressive art integration, along with the challenges they face and suggestions they offer. SPSS analysis shows that over 70% of the elderly have language degradation. Specifically, 95.04% of the elderly have vocabulary extraction problems, 94.32% of the elderly struggle with word recall, and 78.08% of them speak more slowly. Besides, 32.46% of the elderly prefer paper cutting and storytelling, 88.65% of them accept language training, and 45% of them like the 1960s to1970s themed scenarios. The conclusion is that the elderly prefer language health training in MR-based nostalgic scenes with expressive arts. Based on the survey results, this study combines the theory of embodied cognition and situational memory, integrates the perspective of neuroscience, constructs an intervention model of the ternary interaction among “Expressive Art-MR-Language”, and proposes a Trinity Implementation Framework of “Age-Friendly Hardware - Economic Viability - Intergenerational Collaboration”, providing new ideas for the intervention of language health in the elderly.
Source: Aging Research
Author: 春燕 刘
Language: English
Subfield: Conservation
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4411911098