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Dr. Adi Brann

Dr. Adi Brann
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The Open University of Israel Department of Education and Psychology 1 University Road, P. O. Box 808, Raanana 43107, Israel
Email:adibr@openu.ac.il

Areas of Interest
  • Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)
  • Metacognition
  • Self-regulated learning
  • Digital learning

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1996-2001
Ph.D. - Weizmann Institute of Science. Biochemistry, Brain research. 
1994-1996
M.Sc. - Weizmann Institute of Science. Neurobiology.
1991-1994
B.Sc. - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Life sciences. (Magna cum laude)

2014-2016 - MOFET Institute, Research and Evaluation in education. 

2009 - Academic College at Wingate, Coaching individuals with ADHD and Learning Disabilities.

2016 - MOFET Institute, Interest groups in qualitative research.

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Brann, A., & Sidi, Y. (2025). Metacognitive scaffolding for digital reading and mind-wandering in adults with and without ADHD. Learning and Instruction, 95, 102051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2024.102051

Ben-Yehudah, G., & Brann, A. *equal contributions (2019). Pay attention to digital text: The impact of the media on text comprehension and self-monitoring in higher-education students with ADHD. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 89, 120-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2019.04.001�

Brann, A. B., Tcherpakov, M., Williams, I. M., Futerman, A. H., & Fainzilber, M. (2002). Nerve growth factor-induced p75-mediated death of cultured hippocampal neurons is age-dependent and transduced through ceramide generated by neutral sphingomyelinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(12), 9812-9818.‏ doi:10.1074/jbc.M109862200.‏ 

Brann, A. B., Scott, R., Neuberger, Y., Abulafia, D., Boldin, S., Fainzilber, M., & Futerman, A. H. (1999). Ceramide signaling downstream of the p75 neurotrophin receptor mediates the effects of nerve growth factor on outgrowth of cultured hippocampal neurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 19(19), 8199-8206.‏ doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-19-08199.1999.

Futerman, A. H., Boldin, S. A., Brann, A. B., Pelled, D., Meivar-Levy, I., & Zisling, R. (1999). Regulation of sphingolipid and glycosphingolipid metabolism during neuronal growth and development.‏ Biochemical Society Transactions. 27(4):432-7. 

Futerman, A. H., Boldin, S., Brann, A. B., Schwarz, A., & Zisling, R. (1998). Regulatory Roles for Sphingolipids in the Growth of Polarized Neurons. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 845(1), 176-187.‏ doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09670.x.

Zeev‐Brann, A. B., Lazarov‐Spiegler, O., Brenner, T., & Schwartz, M. (1998). Differential effects of central and peripheral nerves on macrophages and microglia. Glia, 23(3), 181-190.‏ https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199807)23:3<181::AID-GLIA1>3.0.CO;2-8

Lazarov‐Spiegler, O., Solomon, A. S., Zeev‐Brann, A. B., Hirschberg, D. L., Lavie, V., & Schwartz, M. (1996). Transplantation of activated macrophages overcomes central nervous system regrowth failure.  FASEB Journal, 10(11), 1296-1302.‏ https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.10.11.8836043

Brann, A. & Sidi, Y. (2023). Metacognitive scaffolding and digital learning among adults with and without ADHD. In: D. Olenik-Shemesh, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Sidi, Y. Eshet-Alkalai, Y. Kalman, E. Rabin (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies: Learning in the Technological Era, Raanana: The Open University of Israel, [Hebrew]

Brann, A. & Ben-Yehudah, G. (2021). The role of sustained attention and cognitive flexibility in digital text comprehension: A comparison of higher education students with and without ADHD. In: Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, S. Etgar, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, V. Silber-Varod (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies: Learning in the Technological Era, Raanana: The Open University of Israel, [Hebrew]

Brann, A. & Ben-Yehudah, G. (2017). The role of self-regulated learning in digital text comprehension: Comparison of students with and without ADHD. In: Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, S. Etgar, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, V. Silber-Varod (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies: Learning in the Technological Era, Raanana: The Open University of Israel, pp. 32 [Hebrew]