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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 at the University of Missouri found that ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...