College students have different ways of finding something that provides support for their well-being. This could consist of a ...

Fidget toys are tools that may help children and adults to focus and destress. However, there is little scientific evidence that these products affect focus. Fidget toys are small items that are ...

Parents say their children are obsessed with "popit" fidget toys — brightly-colored silicone in various shapes like rainbows, unicorns, food, or dinosaurs with pokeable "bubbles" — that are widely ...

NEW YORK >> Stores can’t keep them in stock. Parents are scrambling to find them. And some schools have banned them. The mania for fidget spinners — the 3-inch twirling gadgets taking over classrooms ...

Are fidget toys a passing fad or an instant classic? Adults and kids are snapping up toys in the category; some, like Fidget Spinners and Fidget Cubes, have suddenly become household names, while ...

They might look like kids’ toys or office desk clutter, but fidget tools actually do something surprisingly useful. Whether it’s a popper, a spinner, a squishy ball or a twisty tangle, there’s a ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Fidgeting didn't start with the spinner craze. If ...

The latest craze in classrooms and on playgrounds comes in the form of brightly colored, hand-held trinkets that spin, have buttons to push or otherwise keep hands occupied. The aptly named fidgets ...

They captured kids’ fancy like milk bottle caps and Pokemon card games once did years ago. Fidget spinners — palm-sized three-pronged twirling gadgets — are the latest rage across Southern California ...