title: Viewing the viewers: how adults with attentional deficits watch educational videos.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Knowing how adults with ADHD interact with prerecorded video lessons at home may provide a novel means of early screening and long-term monitoring for ADHD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Viewing patterns of 484 students with known ADHD were compared with 484 age, gender, and academically matched controls chosen from 8,699 non-ADHD students. Transcripts generated by their video playback software were analyzed using t tests and regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ADHD students displayed significant tendencies (p ≤ .05) to watch videos with more pauses and more reviews of previously watched parts. Other parameters showed similar tendencies. Regression analysis indicated that attentional deficits remained constant for age and gender but varied for learning experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There were measurable and significant differences between the video-viewing habits of the ADHD and non-ADHD students. This provides a new perspective on how adults cope with attention deficits and suggests a novel means of early screening for ADHD.
authors.affiliation: The department of Mathematics and Computer Science, the Open University of Israel, Raanana, Israel hassner@openu.ac.il.
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hassner
authors.affiliation: The Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Lior
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: The department of Mathematics and Computer Science, the Open University of Israel, Raanana, Israel.
authors.forename: Anat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lerner
authors.affiliation: Child Development Center & ADHD Clinic, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, and The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Leitner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014743:Videotape Recording; D055815:Young Adult