You Are Not Alone: Designing Body Doubling for ADHD in Virtual Reality
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| author | Ara, Zinat Rahim, Imtiaz Bin Zhou, Puqi Yu, Liuchuan Esmaeili, Behzad Yu, Lap-Fai Hong, Sungsoo Ray |
| author_facet | Ara, Zinat Rahim, Imtiaz Bin Zhou, Puqi Yu, Liuchuan Esmaeili, Behzad Yu, Lap-Fai Hong, Sungsoo Ray |
| contents | Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) experience challenges sustaining attention in the workplace. Body doubling, the concept of working alongside another person, has been proposed as a productivity aid for ADHD and other neurodivergent populations (NDs). However, prior work found no conclusive effectiveness and noted NDs' discomfort with social presence. This work investigates body doubling as an ADHD centered productivity strategy in construction tasks. In Study 1, we explored challenges ADHD workers face in construction and identified design insights. In Study 2, we implemented a virtual reality bricklaying task under three conditions: (C1) alone, (C2) with a human body double, and (C3) with an AI body double. Results from 12 participants show they finished tasks faster and perceived greater accuracy and sustained attention in C2 and C3 compared to C1. While body doubling was clearly preferred, opinions diverged between conditions. Our findings verify its effect and offer design implications for future interventions. |
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| spellingShingle | You Are Not Alone: Designing Body Doubling for ADHD in Virtual Reality Ara, Zinat Rahim, Imtiaz Bin Zhou, Puqi Yu, Liuchuan Esmaeili, Behzad Yu, Lap-Fai Hong, Sungsoo Ray Human-Computer Interaction Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) experience challenges sustaining attention in the workplace. Body doubling, the concept of working alongside another person, has been proposed as a productivity aid for ADHD and other neurodivergent populations (NDs). However, prior work found no conclusive effectiveness and noted NDs' discomfort with social presence. This work investigates body doubling as an ADHD centered productivity strategy in construction tasks. In Study 1, we explored challenges ADHD workers face in construction and identified design insights. In Study 2, we implemented a virtual reality bricklaying task under three conditions: (C1) alone, (C2) with a human body double, and (C3) with an AI body double. Results from 12 participants show they finished tasks faster and perceived greater accuracy and sustained attention in C2 and C3 compared to C1. While body doubling was clearly preferred, opinions diverged between conditions. Our findings verify its effect and offer design implications for future interventions. |
| title | You Are Not Alone: Designing Body Doubling for ADHD in Virtual Reality |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12153 |