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 ...

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 ...

Next time you find yourself restless and fidgeting at work, you may want to think twice before stopping. It may be doing your health some good, new research suggests. But fidgeting in your chair may ...

Turns out fidgeting is not all that bad. You significantly increase the blood flow in your leg when you fidget it, claim researchers.(Shutterstock) Researchers from the University of Missouri (USA) ...

If you play with paperclips during meetings it may be a sign that you are more prone to fidgeting and so to moving more generally (Credit: Getty Images) Often seen as a sign of rudeness, nerves or ...

To begin the study, researchers looked at the leg vascular function of 11 healthy men and women both before and after three hours of sitting. While participants were seated, researchers asked them to ...

Children and adults alike share an often unconscious need to fiddle and fidget, and the market for toys and gadgets to tackle these temptations seems to have exploded in recent years. But the science ...

Are you fidgety? Turns out, your annoying habit isn’t as bad as you think. Researchers from the University of Missouri found that fidgeting while sitting can protect the arteries in legs and ...

Misokinesia, or 'hatred of movements,' affects approximately one in three people, causing negative reactions to repetitive movements like fidgeting. UBC researchers conducted studies revealing this ...