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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A new review paper in The Neuroscientist highlights the problem of body movements for neuroscience, from blinks to fidgeting. Authors Patrick J Drew and colleagues of Penn State discuss how many types ...

The most obvious sign of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children is excessive fidgeting, affecting up to 75 percent of cases. Although it can be challenging for parents and ...

Sitting has been called the new smoking, but is fidgeting the new standing? New research suggests that sedentary people who consider themselves big fidgeters have better health outcomes than their ...

Noticing somebody fidgeting can be distracting. Vexing. Even excruciating. But why? According to research, the stressful sensations caused by seeing others fidget are an incredibly common ...

UNITED KINGDOM (WABC) -- Fidgeters are actually doing more than just distracting other people by their constant movements - they might be improving their health. A new study of more than 12,000 UK ...

A UC Davis MIND Institute faculty member, she has studied the link between ADHD and fidgeting for many years. "We have good evidence that fidgeting itself seems to be associated with better attention, ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK — I was recently introduced to a book called The Fidget Factor: The Easy Way to Burn Up to 1,000 Extra Calories a Day. The book was written by brothers Frank I. Katch, a professor of ...