We’ve all been there: Sitting in class, writing up a report, or logged on to the virtual meeting and struggling to stay engaged. Maybe you have a go-to method of dealing with it. Perhaps you’re a ...

Are you one of those people who struggles with keeping still when standing, sitting, or even waiting anywhere for more than 5 minutes? If you are prone to fidgeting–nervously playing with your hair, ...

Sometimes when I’m in a boring meeting, my knee starts bouncing. Or I gently rock my office chair. I asked my friend Amanda Stueber why that helps me. She’s a psychologist at Washington State ...

Hand-held toys known as "fidget spinners" – marketed as "stress relievers" – have become so popular and distracting in classrooms that they are now being banned in many schools. And it's not just kids ...

Meetings are a fact of business life. Sure, a lot of things can be accomplished via email, IM or Slack, but sometimes you have to meet face to face or over video conference. These are good things–face ...

Children are often told off for fidgeting—but a study involving the University of Strathclyde has found that it could help them to use up energy amounting to nearly 3kg body weight a year. Forty ...

A study published in the July 2016 issue of the American Journal of Physiology by researchers at the Universities of Missouri and Texas-Arlington found that people who fidget—making small, frequent ...

Jaume Padilla is a researcher in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at the University of Missouri. (Justin Kelley/MU Health Care) Finally, science comes to the rescue of those of us ...

Finally, science comes to the rescue of those of us who have been told all our lives to “sit still.” Turns out fidgeting can be good for your health. A study from researchers at the University of ...

Ever wonder why you bounce your leg, drum your fingers or click and unclick your pen until your colleagues beg you to stop? But as many of us know, it can be a challenge to tear away from our ...

Can fidgeting be sexy? Ask the self-proclaimed Didget Babes, and you can probably guess their answer. Fidgeting is something we all do, but it's especially helpful for people with ADD, ADHD and autism ...