Is YouTube Giving Us All ADHD?

[@SciShow]

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[@kylezmcgee455]

SciShow I actually have ADD and I have trouble finish watching videos on KZbin over 5 minutes lol

[@jkm7983]

SciShow can you do a video on events or examples when correlation doesn't equal causation and compare it to when correlation did mean causation

[@stuffstuff137]

I have just barely came back from something called trek, basically we cosplay as Mormon pioneers. From that I have actually learned how much things are different. One day I pushed a hand cart for 14 miles. It was actually really fun, but tiring. That makes me wonder though how do your muscles get stronger after a work out and what is a sufficient time to rest after exercise?

[@papinkelman7695]

Unlimited access for only 2 months... Lets think about thoses words.

[@jesusmark3872]

I'm to poor to afford free lol

[@jondreauxlaing]

I've had ADHD for longer than I've had internet, let alone Twitter or a smart phone. That said, social media is exactly the sort of thing that would keep the attention of someone with ADHD. It moves quickly and constantly has new stuff, so it's hard to get bored, much like KZbin. I can kill several hours at a time flipping through Twitter and KZbin if I'm not careful. I'd imagine if there's a correlation, it's that social media exacerbates the symptoms, rather than causing them.

[@kuryamtl]

You have described my online experience for the past 20 years essentially. I could spend 6 hours watching KZbin videos or being on Twitter and not realize it.

[@ReyRey.00]

Yes exactly ,thank you

[@reeceadey9290]

sounds like it could programme someone without adhd to me, if they used it enough adhd pattern like behaviour could be formed, but that would lead me to believe it could be reformed too with habits being put in place to create an all new pattern of behaviour

[@fraufuchs9555]

Same here. During my entire school life I had to physically go into a library to find information, for example. I was adhd back then just like I still am now.

[@tyler3201]

Sometime sthat's not enough for me. I have to work on other things while watching youtube videos.

[@MartinOlminkhof]

I just hate how kids get the stick for being on phones all the time when most grown adults are doing the same (or worse).

[@dynamicworlds1]

Truth

[@yuta2349]

Exactly !

[@rambleon2011]

Most grown adults out of college don't have homework and other school work to do so if sticking a kid gets them to do what they need to do, then maybe they need it.

[@marveltard]

I wish you guys put a list of ADHD symptoms (memory issues, sleep issues, concentration issues, etc) and not just leave it to peoples interpretations (usually "5 second attention span, says "random" alot, is an attention seeker").

[@user-xd2fm3ih7v]

I think adhd is misunderstood. It’s so much more then attention like you said. ADHD isn’t as amazing as people make it out to be in my opinion. ADHD is very likely to coexist with many mental illness. Such (as*) anxiety, sleep disorders and depression. Sometimes all at once.

[@artilleryisbetter]

ADHD hyper and inattentive new classifications

[@StonedtotheBones13]

​@@artilleryisbetterI was just about to mention we don't even have a really good understanding of ADHD. Like I've recently seen news that a Dr supposedly wrote only focusing on the disruptive symptoms.

[@samseidel9917]

As someone with ADHD it seems much more likely that the causation goes the other way. When you have tremendous difficulty maintaining interest or attention for a long time social media like youtube is perfect.

[@JSSell25]

Others have already pointed out that ADHD is largely a genetic disorder, at least as far as modern studies have found, but I still feel the need to just throw my two cents in and say that this is kind of a clickbait-y title and subject for Scishow. The shortest answer to the question is actually one of the most accurate: "No, social media can't cause ADHD." I understand the need to grab the attention of those just browsing KZbin, but when you're trusted for scientific perspectives on questions, I can't help but feel the rules are slightly different. I don't mean to directly attack anyone at SciShow, or to say that an educational channel simply cannot ethically pose/debate questions that have already been answered by science in their video titles, or even in the videos themselves, but this one really rubbed me the wrong way. It's already hard enough to make people, especially parents and educators, believe that ADHD is not only a real "condition," but that it isn't actually the result of something going wrong in the brain of a child. It's a largely genetic condition which changes the way the person's brain develops and functions in a very specific way, and is extremely unlikely to be caused by anything aside from that very particular difference in brain development.

[@LaraSchilling]

It's interesting that back when I was a kid, nobody could actually pick up on ADHD symptoms, and we got written off as lazy. TV was usually the culprit, even though I found it difficult to actually sit down and watch stuff without getting distracted by something else. I didn't have a computer until I was 13 (in 2001), so internet access, let along computer access, was only at school. We sat around on MSN, then MySpace popped up and we went on that - that's the extent of social media for the 00s teenager. I spent some time on various message boards, and we'd wait 20 minutes to watch a silly flash animation on dial up. We didn't have smart phones (they were hella expensive and data plans didn't exist), I also didn't have my first mobile phone until I was 16, and it had a camera, and played mp3s, which were features worth bragging about. I pretty much spent my spare time playing video games at the arcade and at home on a console of some sort, but I literally couldn't put that energy into reading a book because my brain thinks it's not an efficient means of extracting and processing information. All in all, I got diagnosed as having ADHD two years ago, which explains why I can't sit down and read a damn book (that'll unfortunately even include yours, Hank!). And I'm glad KZbin exists, and creators exist; I'd be lost without SciShow.

[@Gravem1stake]

I've been diagnosed most my life(my mom never thought to tell me till last year) I learned at age 13 and now 14. But the internet actually helped me learn more about ADHD and ADD, I commonly go ask to present to younger grades about it so they learn

[@airsickspace9272]

Bad in 2009 I got diagnosed. I had a hard time in school. One of the signs was I couldn’t look into my teachers eyes. There were times where people (primarily teachers) accused me of lying cause I couldn’t look them in the eye. Alongside my ADHD I had dyslexia so that was super hard. I was around 6-9yrs old. At that time I didn’t have a phone or social media.

[@LaraSchilling]

@@Gravem1stake At least the internet means you can read about it and meet people like you easily!

[@LaraSchilling]

@@airsickspace9272 OMG. Neurotypicals and their bloody eye contact... It's not a sign of lying if you can't look someone in the eye, it's just a trait that neurodivergent people have and it means nothing.

[@LaraSchilling]

I'd like to retract that point about not being able to read Hank's book because of my ADHD... I bought a copy and forced myself to read it in early 2019. I really loved it and I'm excited for the sequel.

[@LuminantLion]

ADHD > Being bullied in real life > Having more friends online > More usage of the social media

[@kittywithachoppa]

I have this love-hate relationship with KZbin anyways

[@juliantheivysaur3137]

The format is great, but the people responsible for youtube are running it into the ground.

[@kittywithachoppa]

Julian the Ivysaur also most comments on KZbin are toxic

[@jenjenneration]

Elisa Abernathy you have the same last name as my old AP World History teacher...

[@kittywithachoppa]

Sapphire Chica Illuminati conformed?

[@Beau4824]

I used to watch a bunch of mindless, empty video on KZbin, but I realized that doesn’t fulfill anything and I started to get depressed. Now I focus only on educational videos and videos for hobbies of mine, and don’t abuse my brain.

[@KerbalChris]

It’s like those left handed studies which say ONE STUDY says that WE LIVE SHORTER!

[@raynitaylor1912]

@Jordon Carlson now that I think about it... all the machinery at the factory I work at does, in fact, sit precisely in a way that is natural to a righthanded person. I can also see how being left handed would pose a greater chance of death in the event of a safety incident.

[@victoriakathleen01]

I have ADHD and one time my mom said it was probably "because of all the KZbin [I] watch," even though there's strong evidence it's genetic and I had symptoms before I had a smartphone. I believe the causation is backwards, as you said. ADHD people are more likely to use social media and watch youtube because they have ADHD.

[@chikiwiki64]

"Firefighters cause burn injuries." That's what you get for fighting fire with *MORE FIRE.*

[@giffica]

Yeh, so, ADHD Symptoms are not ADHD. ADHD is a brain structural change, that cannot "occur". Like Hank clarified. Bit of a tricky headline eh? The research paper clearly wanted attention, every scientist can tell that.

[@irsoccer05]

The study itself quickly clarifies that there isn't evidence of a causal relationship, that it is only correlation. It's news outlets that are making the clickbait headlines, as they always do.

[@fighteer1]

It's worth noting that external stimuli _can_ cause changes in the brain, other than the obvious (learning, memories, etc.), and these changes can lead to pathological states (depression being one). That said, the study was conducted on people too old to receive an ADHD diagnosis regardless of any reported symptoms. I guess we can blame sensationalism in the media.

[@Ariccio123]

John Aldrich no, literally every external stimuli changes the brain. That's a central part of learning, intelligence, and consciousness itself.

[@minecraftminertime]

That's some black and white thinking and the brain is more complicated than that. ADHD can't be classified as only being a structure in the brain. ADHD probably is affected by neurochemicals, brain structure, and neuroreceptors. All or most of those things can be influenced by the environment. The brain's structure can change, neurochemicals can change, and neuroreceptors can also be affected. Even if ADHD is classified as something you start off with, the symptoms might be able to appear afterward, but we don't know. There isn't enough testing to come to a conclusion.

[@JSSell25]

Giffica I legit clicked on this video because I knew it was BS to say any social media could cause ADHD. Unless it greatly affects brain development in a very specific way, it can't cause ADHD. Thanks for pointing it out first, my dude.

[@jliller]

Whenever a headline is in the form of a question the answers is "no."

[@guyclykos]

You think you become ADHD with youtube? But I was born in it, molded by it. I have no access to meds even until now. At this point, it is nothing to me but clarity. The noise betrays you because they belong to me!

[@adwiteeyarupanteepaul7637]

I liked the video right when Hank said, ''Every generation complains about the following generation.''

[@treblegames84]

ADHD is apart of the Neurodiverse spectrum and is something that you are born with this you have to show at least 6 symptoms before the age of 12. I have severe type C ADHD so I get up in arms when people talk about ADHD because my community is often disregarded and disrespected

[@mininara6471]

I thought ADHD was something you were born with not something you can develop later in life I feel like your title on this video was a little misleading and clickbaity

[@shafwandito4724]

Raisinwood _studios is that HentaiHaven human Personification?

[@mininara6471]

Shafwan Dito yes :3

[@blacksmith9873]

Raiswood _studios , the developing brain responds and adapts to what ever stimulus it receives from its environment , theres a crucial time period ( when your young) were your brain grows and what ever stress you put on your brain it will organize its self to take on that stressor more efficiently , thats why babies are given lots of colorful toys and books , its so that they can expose their brains to these things while its still moldable, and thats also why drug use in children leads to worse outcomes than drug use in adults.

[@blacksmith9873]

Raiswood _studios , also adhd drugs do more harm than good in the long run to the minds of people who were exposed to it at a young age.

[@voidface8827]

You can’t develop adhd you’re born with it and SOME people need the medication in order to lead a somewhat normal life.

[@musclehank6067]

not if you're strong enough to resist it.

[@checkmyplaylist6879]

Muscle Hank I wanna see you carry an obese person

[@gunslinger2566]

I feel bad for people not strong enough to not get ADHD.

[@lasagnamafia]

Muscle Hank I lOvE yOu

[@musclehank6067]

+Alex Is Unstable 💜

[@HTYM]

Muscle Hank Congrats!

[@EnderCrypt]

uhh.. i might not be an expert on ADHD.. but i dont feel like its something you can 'get' by external factors and yeah, a 'symptom' doesent mean alot as mentioned in the video

[@marveltard]

Yeah you cant just get it like that.

[@user-bl1sp2qm5u]

EnderCrypt I do not have adhd but I have psychological factors that cause all the symptoms adhd has. So I encounter the same struggles. I did not know that untill I went to a psychologist last year. She told me "you have all the symptoms of adhd but bcs of a different reason". Same with dyslexia. I the same things that give me constand ahdh symptoms, give me constand dyslexic behaviours and symptoms. Bcs you dont have the og thing, it does not mean that it cannot be serious and in my case it is more difficult to treat.

[@jondreauxlaing]

Yeah, pretty sure they've even isolated the genes associated with ADHD, so it's definitely not something you just "get". For myself, I've noticed the symptoms for as long as I can remember.

[@shubhamsoni7187]

It might surprise you how plastic and malleable the brain, and even your whole body, remains after puberty and through adolescence/early adulthood. Though I have nothing conclusive to link you right now, I suggest trying find some of this stuff! Not only that, but if the child experiences a unique social media/electronically based upbringing, there isn't any reason for us to believe that it couldn't have an effect on the structure/result of heir brain connections. Obviously all of these changes would occur chronically, but external environments can play a significant role in development. Finally, "'symptom' doesn't mean a lot" may be fair, but it's important to realize that symptoms are what characterize the issue. My personal feeling is that, like autism, ADHD is likely to lie on some sort of spectrum which constitutes various manifestations of the condition.

[@EnderCrypt]

+arrozblanco7 yeah, but it has to be REALLY really early in your development, usually far before you start using phones, although idk when kids these days get phones..

[@usoppfangirl8153]

You can't give someone ADHD. You're born with it. Like me.

[@marveltard]

same

[@John_C_J]

How does it affect you? (Genuine question)

[@marveltard]

+John C John Everyone is different, but to give you a vague mental compariaon, its equivalent to autism in many aspects, ADHD and Autism share many symptoms. I have ADHD, and my SO has Autism, and its almost across the border what affects one and the other. There are difference of course, but this is the best overall view I can give for non-ADHD to vaguely see this.

[@John_C_J]

birbfanchannel tighto Well that was vague indeed.

[@marveltard]

+John C John ;) I would make a list, but I honestly am fatigued from today. Maybe someone else can be more compregensible.

[@ethanthompson5065]

I would kindly like to ask if you could change the videos title because people might see it and decide without watching it that the answer is yes because that's what people do

[@MissLilyputt]

I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 35 yrs old. It was missed for so long because my disability made it hard for me to get up and go but I was hyper verbal, had a tendency to ramble or go on tangents that led nowhere, forget what I was doing if anything happened to catch my attention (like listening to background music in a store would distract me from someone directly speaking to me, I kept thinking about the song and couldn’t focus on what they were saying to me which led to lots of “hey, are you listening to me?”) I think I wasn’t diagnosed because people found my incessant talking adorable rather than annoying and thought that I shouldn’t be saddles with such a label at such a young age. I already had dyslexia as a learning disability and spina bifida for the neurological/physical disability. I wish I had been diagnosed sooner. It would’ve helped explain why I was struggling so hard to learn and how to combat distractions of the mind. Now I’m almost 38 and trying to go back to college, a better informed if older student.

[@begintothink]

I believe KZbin has interfered with my attention span and motivation. I use to think I was able to control it, but at this point i locked my phone away and only use my computer when doing work. Yet here I am.........again. Lack of motivation leads me to go back

[@helpme5785]

BeginToThink it's probably because KZbin give you easy access to your reward centers, which makes you crave it more, and makes it harder to complete tasks that are not as easily completed/rewarding.

[@akhyarrayhka4048]

ADHD then its AD FullHD now its AD 4K HDR

[@Christopherjazzcat]

"we don't want it to go away because we want you to watch" +10 for honesty

[@LotusMuse]

Problem with people is that the general population assumes that ADHD is about being easily distracted... But it's actually more of not being able to use executive functioning to filter out what is important to focus on. Social media is designed to grab the attention of the general population. It doesn't matter if they have ADHD or not, every time the phone vibrates or chimes with a new notification, ADHD or not it'll grab your attention. There are also a LARGE batch of ADHD symptoms ignored in that study like insomnia rates, being hyper-responsive to emotions, lack of impluse control (think fidgeting, skin picking, nail biting, blurting out things out of turn, interrupting people), and time blindness. Another spot is the DSM still focuses on children but all of the above symptoms can be diagnosed in adults so being a child isn't a prerequisite for diagnosis anymore but due to a general lack of understanding it keeps stigmatizing it as a childhood mental illness and not one that is followed through the entire life of the individual.

[@minmin9534]

Hello Hank. There is a summer camp that you should go to. The camp is Camp Oasis, it is a camp for kids with Chrons and Ulcitius. Going to camp and documenting your trip would bring much awareness to these conditions. The camp takes one place for week in the summer at Camp Twin lakes in Georgia (Camp twin lakes host camps for various disabilities)

[@macsnafu]

When I'm on KZbin, I usually prefer to watch shorter videos over longer videos. Unfortunately, like salted peanuts, I find that I keep wanting one more, and keep clicking on more videos, and if I'm not careful, I'll end up wasting a lot of time on KZbin, and not getting much else done. Also, I tend to be overstimulated by watching several shorter videos, especially when they cover entirely different subjects. One solution is to watch longer videos, so I'm focused on only one subject for a longer period of time, or do something else that requires focus, like read a novel. Of course, it's not just KZbin videos, but online comic strips, email, and other activities that don't require too much time or focus. So I think this is more a function of trying to multi-task, rather than something specific to the internet or social media; it's just that computers, the internet, and social media make it easier to engage in multi-tasking than it was before the personal computer/smart phone/internet age.

[@benjamincormier1094]

When speaking about radiographs and computed tomography (both of which employ the use of X-rays), an image of a MRI was put up on the screen. I understand that CT and MRI get confused all the time but come on SciShow. It’s just an observation, I do love this channel and I’ve learned so much from it.

[@EnergyEgypt]

how about starting with what is ADHD ?

[@kieranwilson4743]

ุ Kandil, ADHD is neurological genetic disorder affecting ones brain structure, this can cause short attention spans and a lack of focus as well many other affects but fortunately ADHD is one of the most treatable medical conditions.

[@canaan5337]

If the treatment actually works ADHD medication just makes me sleepy or a zombie if I am not asleep

[@jequirity1]

@@canaan5337 probably too high of a dose. That was a major problem with adhd medication, especially in the 90s/ early 2000s.

[@juliantheivysaur3137]

It's not true, i know someone who never used the internet, and he never reacts to anything. Well, it's because he's dead, but still.

[@HTYM]

Julian the Ivysaur Maybe he's just really, really lazy.

[@Neo2266.]

XD goddamnit

[@kainakuneho9979]

My brother has ADHD and I use the internet heavily. I can say that social media DOES NOT give you ADHD. Sure it can distract me from doing other productive things which helps me relate the struggle my brother goes through. But that only scratches the surface of what ADHD is and can do. It's not being able to pick up any instructions the first time, it's difficult in managing time than most people as its slower to process some information.

[@attiadean7683]

I would recommend shutting down your phone whenever it's not absolutely necessary. I've started doing that recently and it's boosted my productivity so much.

[@KeysOfMyMind]

Wow, I shut off my phone and I now no longer have ADHD!!! But I've had ADHD since I was born in the early 90's and cellphones weren't a thing yet, I guess it's magic XD

[@mutantnaga]

When I'm older, i'll tell all my grandkids about how we had black and white x-rays 'back in my day'.

[@mattgoette]

FYI, the '360-degree CT scan' noted at 3:42 is an MRI. Note the exquisite soft tissue contrast of the brain. Source: I do MRI for a living. Regardless, though, I still love SciShow.

[@TheRainydayvideo]

I love my science digest :)

[@JukeboxTheGhoul]

I have ADHD and I don't use social media apart from chats to friends and family with notifs turned off. OOh and KZbin, but I'm weaning myself off of it. As a person with ADHD I like to do everything I can to control my attention and impulsivity that I can. Removing what is essentially a crying baby is a way to control my time on a macro-level. Removing me from the situation seems pretty effective for that.

[@JackieCham]

I have that one friend that always need to be doing something on his phone. Watching videos, playing games, even pressing the power button just to look at the time.. every other minute. Lunch, dinner, while driving.. yup, he's using his phone. I've been telling him off for years and he's still doing it. It's rude af when he's doing it on the dining table and dangerous while driving. I just hope he realizes that before something horrible happens.

[@RagdyAndy]

Can you write both the titles down if you do a dual video? or just make them 2 different videos? i think this would be much better :)

[@Prin7er]

Great topic Hank. I just turned 67 years old and have accepted the interweb use. I realize that we all have the "Library Of Alexandria" our fingertips 24/7. There is no longer any reason to be ignorant. It's all in how it's used. You have to use it and not let it control you.

[@LostSwiftpaw]

Ehh, im still probably using the internet

[@nathanluciow5938]

You wouldn't have been killed by a pack of dogs if you had had the attention span to listen to your mentors.

[@willowoahh]

Nathan Luciow can't blame him. Bluestar should of made him a warrior

[@ShootingStarNeo]

As someone who didn't recognize her ADHD symptoms as such until the age of 21, I kind of held the association between it and internet activity as a kind of pet theory, mostly because of a particular video game character I Headcanon as having a form of attention disorder (it's The Boss from Metal Gear Solid 3, for those wondering). Now, she also doesn't act how you might expect someone with ADHD to act, but I had an educated guess that a character living in the 1920's-60's where, even when research into ADHD was in its infancy, it was primarily associated with children, along with not having our beloved little distraction rectangles in our pockets, the disorder would probably present a little differently than it would today. Nice to see I was kinda on to something.

[@AlabasterJazz]

I'm glad you clarified that they were not actually colored x-rays, my initial thought was "wait aren't xrays and visible light on the same electromagnetic spectrum? How can they be xrays and also have visible color?"

[@aurelfarkasovsky]

I believe it's not as much about the social media or internet, as about how or in what way you use them. Or rather than saying them, it's better to say what kind of actions you do the most in general. Actions that require lots of attention or actions that require spreading the attention or hyperactivity. Let me explain on my own experience, as I child, I used to draw a lot, I used to draw hours at end. Later on, I started to do programming and learning languages, that was like between 2010-2015. I could literally spend an entire day programming, or copying new sentences down onto a notebook. My attention span was so long and my deep thinking about things (while taking my time doing the thinking) was so frequent, that I was almost diagnosed as an autistic child. But later on, as I started to use the social media more and more, scrolling and scrolling, searching for more and new and better entertainment than I've found before, checking for new messages, new notifications, new distractions, as I started to do multiple things at the same time, like doing the social media at the same time as eating, listening to audiobooks or KZbin videos while doing manual work, wanting to do and have everything at the same time and instantly, all this and more has messed me up so much, my attention span has shrank from my 18/19 by the time of my 20/21 so much, that I'm having problems doing one thing for longer than a few minutes, at night I can't fall asleep, it's gotten really bad, so I have decided to stop scrolling and start doing more attention heavy activities more, I tried takimg slow walks, jogging in the nature, reading books, meditating, and it's slowly getting better, but it's really hard, I'll keep on doing my best, I believe it'll get back to normal one day...

[@chrisholdread174]

I'm actually glad smart phones weren't around in the 90's when i was in school. It was hard enough for me to concentrate as it was. and yes I was diagnosed with ADHD/ADD/aspergers at 9

[@xRnChrisx]

I'm kinda hyped for the new X-ray detector usage, progress! Always amazing to witness what people can achieve, what a time to be alive.

[@TheAcadianGuy]

I gave up 80% of social media as I can't stand it. Now I use it to stay in contact with friends and family.

[@sarax9101]

I do really believe that having “babies/ children” raised with only ipads or tablets messes around w their heads. It makes me sad. I do hope parents give more attention to that.

[@bobbycoghlan3184]

Dr. Sarah ADHD is a mostly genetic thing, there's not much room for external factors to take effect

[@ethanthompson5065]

Dr. Sarah I do believe that it has effect on anyone using technology but the same can be said about anything. it does not however cause ADHD as ADHD is is a neurological disorder you are born with

[@canaan5337]

Dr. Sarah which is probably what your parents said about video games and their parents said about television and their parents said about radio and their parents weren't big fans of automobiles

[@Harishimomo]

Canaan there is a lot of good evidence that extended social media and tech use affects the neuroplasticity of the brain. While we certainly shouldnt just give up using all these amazing tools, we could try to be more aware and apprehensive of its long term effects

[@canaan5337]

Harishimomo I don't know I was diagnosed with ADHD back in 1989 before social media was even a thing and in my experience my attention span is directly proportional to how much interest I have in the thing to which I'm trying to pay attention I can focus intently on things I'm interested in for hours and hours but if it's something that I'm not interested in don't care about or find to be boring and pointless I won't be able to focus on that at all and will be distracted by mostly looking for things to be distracted by just to avoid having to concentrate on something I dont want to think about. I'm guessing having access to social media through the smartphone in their pocket provides everyone with the ultimate distraction so if what they're supposed to be doing in real life gets just a little boring out comes the smart phone and they're on social media not dealing with boring because they now have the option of being as distracted as someone with ADHD in the face of something boring

[@milamber319]

For anyone who ask. "what is the point of huge science experiments like the LHC? what do we get out of it apart from knowledge not useful in the real world?" point them to this colour xray machine. Its a fantastic example of what developing new tech for abstract science can create something tangible for the every day.

[@dianagibbs3550]

As a vet, I am very much looking forward to those color xrays being readily available.

[@canaan5337]

I was diagnosed with ADHD in 1989 long before there was smartphones

[@piercingsbyjj]

With the combination of the flaws in the study(mostly relying on self-reporting. imo) with the lack of a a sample group, I wouldn't trust any of their results...

[@SeitanicLady]

I sort of hate how being online all the time is considered normal now. A part of me wants to go back to the days when it was called "having a computer/Internet addiction." It is absolutely making ADHD symptoms worse.

[@JonathanDavisKookaburra]

Starting with adhd and then switching to colour x-rays half way through is so random it feels like adhd

[@berrysantics2342]

We are also better at finding adhd symptoms then before. An seeming correlation to something does not mean causation.

[@BlackCat_2]

That's interesting. I have always had some ADHD symptoms. I was born in the early 70's and spent most of my time as a kid reading books or outside playing. Thankfully I had many books and often was reading a few at a time. :)

[@LaPrincipessaNuova]

Genius video topic for maximizing KZbin premium watch time. I'm currently on my third time watching it in a row because I keep getting distracted by social media.

[@voidface8827]

Here’s a clarification master list for the comment section ya’ll! “ADHD is a mental disorder/illness”, ADHD is a psychiatric disorder and a disability. “Drugs* do more harm than good!” I literally cannot get through my day without my *medication (come on we all know you’re using the word “drugs” to scare people) so I think I can deal with the appetite loss. “You can develop ADHD” you literally can’t. “ADHD doesn’t exist” Look I’m not even sure how to respond to this anymore.

[@Itsvicu]

Honestly I wouldn’t doubt it’s rare that I ever finish a video and while watching a video I’ll look for another video to watch after

[@lukejreid]

Great video. I really liked the X-ray thing.

[@audpicc]

This headline is irresponsible. Perpetuates the idea that ADHD isn't a serious and well-defined neurodivergence that has way more to do with hardwired neural pathways than attention span or hyperactivity. There are a lot of damaging ableist tropes about ADHD and this SciShow episode didn't do enough to dispel them.

[@Curtis-Randall]

I completely agree and quite frankly I’m offended by the title

[@masons2442]

Title : "Does youtube cause adhd?" Video: no At most this was a SLIGHTLY clickbaity title that is completely relevant to the content of the video. I see no reason for this to cause offense and it seems perfectly reasonabld. In addition the complaint that something didn't do enough is a little bit ridiculous. To put it context it would be like a new medicine increasing the survival of brain cancer by 10% and people complaining.

[@benjaminshields9421]

Why not make your own video and dispel it then? Becayse they basically just said no...

[@JavaIsnom]

Agreed up until the part where you said "ableist" boy

[@martleegte496]

Andy Harrison i have adhd and i think u need to stfu

[@pramitbanerjee]

I think online content mostly messes with how we use computers. For example, spending more time on youtube would affect how you are able to read - with decreasing ability to pay attention to content on the screen.

[@kerryb1234]

Can’t see how this works. I had ADHD growing up as this is the defining factor which did not include internet let alone social media. I think we had our first computer which only had minesweeper and The Sims at age 10 at the earliest. I do believe that those of us with ADHD definitely rely on the digital world a lot since it keeps our minds at ease from instance satisfaction that indicates ADHD comes before the social media use.

[@DracoMhuuh]

It's nice that you put a disclaimer about ADHD symptoms not being the same as being diagnosed with ADHD, but I wish that the term "ADHD Symptom" hadn't been used by the authors in the first place, there are plenty of other terms one could have used or a combination of them.

[@Dickie72002]

Well done video, well explained.

[@vincentgraymore]

I've tried to tell people that our current is different from the past but people insist on saying that the past will repeat itself and every generation have been the same. Time seems to be lost on people.

[@ny3dfan781]

Since differences in the energies of photons correspond exactly to differences in their frequencies, those really are the colors of the x-rays that are being detected. Granted, they're not any of the colors we see, but they're the real colors of those tissues in x-ray "illumination."

[@91722854]

KZbin is just giving me HD, FHD, and UHD

[@dersitzpinkler2027]

That x-ray thing blew my freaking mind. That’s so awesome

[@protohale]

Study finds link between teens' internet use and the development of ADHD symptoms. Researchers looked at LA high school students who used social media 14 times a day for two years. The teens who used digital media the most were about twice as likely to report ADHD-like symptoms. But the study doesn't prove that your online social life causes ADHD. The study's authors couldn't say for certain if this association is /causal; it could be that checking Twitter every five minutes messes with your brain in a way that increases the likelihood of developing ADHD. Researchers have developed a super-sensitive detector that can detect tiny differences in the energy of each photon. It can translate that difference into colors, giving doctors a much more detailed view of your insides.

[@niccalee]

"Firefighters cause burn injuries" That made my day. imma tell my Fire Fighter friend.

[@vivientakacs5599]

What youtube and generally the internet does to me, is that I am becoming a bigger and crazier fangirl every day. Also I have crushes on over 20 different people and they are almost all older than me. Except one, he is 2 years younger.

[@Master_Therion]

KZbin giving us ADHD? No, of course not. KZbin gives us cancer ;)

[@Manny29]

don't go through the comment section youll be fine

[@kittywithachoppa]

Emmanuel Mensah I’m already going through the comment section. Sorry 😐

[@jsmythib]

I want to make sure I dont rush off to the next topic. I just stopped in to say hi. ok...Gotta go! Ciao! :)

[@Beau4824]

What’s going on down there? Is it anti-, GMO, VACCERS? Telling about about Satan taking control through the Internet? That’s usually what happens when I scroll down on science videos.

[@calamusgladiofortior2814]

KZbin comments give you PTSD, not ADHD.

[@maloo538]

I feel like people with ADHD tend to be more drawn to social media

[@ArtemusBlue]

My concentration span and ability to finish a project has been down the shitter the past couple of years, compared to when I was a teenager and could sit reading a book or writing a story for hours -but then, I already have aspergers as well as a generalised anxiety disorder, so chances are the recent improvements in technology have only given me more fun ways to get distracted, and aldulthood has made me ten times more anxious than I was before, so it's highly unlikely that technology is making my symptoms worse 😂

[@dejayrezme8617]

I'm watching youtube and reading an article at the same time and writing a comment right now!

[@libertygaming2409]

I think it’s because 50 years ago sitting a classroom was boring but you went home and you had nothing interesting to do like video games or watching KZbin or checking social media. Kids get bored easily when you get locked into a room for an hour 6 times a day and teach boring repetitive things for 180 days. I graduated so it’s not like I’m 11 and just don’t wanna go to school. We teach kids for the first 5 years of their lives to talk and walk and then the rest of their lives to sit down and shut up. Not saying school isn’t important it definitely is but there could be different ways of going about it.

[@7ON1N]

What other disorders will we all get in the next 50 years?

[@ERROR_-_404]

if you didnt know if you hover over a thumbnail with you mouse you see a little preview. That preview LITTERLY answered the question. I would say the Coding behind that thing is awesome, but sadly its kinda random what part of a video gets to be the preview...

[@benardlinga3045]

Thank u a lot ...very informative

[@r4fken]

I suppose you could say that those who are more prone to show symptoms who may not have shown them prior to this boom in connectivity and technology are now showing them because of easy access. Much like once we understood that dyslexia was a thing suddenly many many more people had it. Its not that it turned up over night but that it has always been there. Although this isnt a great analogy as dyslexia was always there where as something like ADD/ADHD may not have been to this extent and has been triggered in people because of the easy access to information and distractions. Though its probably going to take a couple more generations to fully understand the effects of access and technology as more and more of the population grows up more connected than ever.

[@MrJayPuff]

This was an excellent video

[@STONEDay]

Been trying to watch this for I don't know how long. Keep getting distracted by the things in my ashtray.

[@TheAcadianGuy]

I barely use my phone except for music, podcast or to google definitions of some stuff.

[@rakvian]

The only social media I use is YT. I'm now watching more "Boring" videos, like the less stimulating stuff, TED talks, science videos etc. no memes or worthless pure entertainment.

[@FacelessOfficial1]

from everyday experience I can say that ADHD doesn't really have a "point of focus" like you won't be constantly checking your phone if you have adhd in order to get distracted because you don't really need it to get distracted, I see many people constantly checking their phones (it look even worse than adhd actually) but they don't have adhdish behavior if for some reason the phone isn't around.........come to think of it 99% of the time it's around but whatever you will probably talk about all this in the video which I've not yet watched..

[@lasphynge8001]

Having ADHD symptoms TOTALLY makes you more likely to use social media a lot.

[@ViroVV]

Maybe....I dunno. What I DO know is that it has been years since I have watched a video at normal speed. Dependent on how fast/foriegn the speech of a video is I am boosting speed between 1.25 & 1.5 and it seems like it trends upward as I get older. In fact I watched a random Bernie Sanders speech video recently and he is one of the few people I can bump up to 2.0 without it sounding "off". So dont know if that co-relates towards ADD or not, but it DOES correlate to the effect that on demand video consumption cropped to be digestible 2-10 min videos DOES hone ones capacity for consuming and comprehending video footage watched with greater consumption effectively honing ones capacity to view and consume the content.

[@balistic565]

I have adhd way before i joined the internet and gaming

[@esmeevogels1990]

I have an ADD diagnose. And I've cancelled my Twitter and some other things, and since I did that AND killed the blinking light on my phone if I get a message. Since I did that I have so much more peace!!. I can totally recommend it to everyone. If you don't want to delete your Twitter and Facebook, at least kill the blinking light on your phone if you have one. It totally helps ^.^

[@klutterkicker]

2:50 you mean it *could* be like making that reverse causation conclusion. It *could* also be the correct conclusion, or there could be a third factor.

[@AshishGupta-ql9lq]

All social media isn't equal

[@eligoldman9200]

I had ADHD before KZbin existed... it was caused by cartoons back in the 90's...

[@MrMegaPussyPlayer]

1:43 It might be or ... it might be another case of correlation doesn't equal causation.

[@andym28]

I have adhd. Doing two things at a time helps like audio books and house chores.

[@DanskerneFraDanmark]

that not how it workes

[@DanskerneFraDanmark]

no u

[@unvergebeneid]

Detecting different wavelengths of x-ray is pretty much exactly what "color x-ray" sounded like to me. So no need for a disclaimer there. Of course it doesn't detect how much red, green and blue light is reflected by the tissue with x-rays.

[@PuglyDigger]

I was right in the middle of watching another video when this popped up, so of course I stopped it to watch this. Hope this one ends before the next notification pops up. Whew, I can't keep up!