Michelle Chen¹ and Laurie Delinois², ¹USA, ²California State University, USA

Both Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease have become more globally prevalent as the years pass. This project aims to mitigate/slow down their effects by providing a guided way for those afflicted to practice their motor function and cognitive abilities through a drawing app that integrates AI-generated prompts for users to work with. Challenges included image clarity when processing both 2D and 3D images to create line art with and ensuring that AI prompts were not overly repetitive so as not to frustrate users. It was also a challenge to ensure that aesthetic issues such as lack of brush types and UI would not deter those that the application is meant for by causing frustration and disinterest. These issues were fixed through experimentation and testing to determine the best values for each component of the program. For example, the experimentation done for the image processing scene offered insight as to the best edge depth value for high clarity in processed 3D images. Through our second experiment we found that it is also important how specific we are with the prompt given to the chat-gpt API, as a lack of specifics can cause redundancy in the prompts given to users. Ultimately, this application will provide those with AD and PD an opportunity to experience a form of art therapy in a calm, individual environment where they can go at their own pace in maintaining their motor skills, providing an alternative approach to more traditional therapy routes.

Art therapy, AI-generated prompts, cognitive training, motor function rehabilitation