Do Fidget Spinners Really Help You Focus?

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Earlier this year, fidget spinners claimed their place as the hot new fad of 2017. Some people, however, claim that fidget toys could help people manage symptoms of anxiety and ADHD. https://www.squarespace.com/scishowpsych Hosted by: Brit Garner ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—Alexander Wadsworth, Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09297049.2015.1044511 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fidget-toys-arent-just-hype/ http://time.com/money/4774133/fidget-spinners-adhd-anxiety-stress/ http://www.npr.org/2017/05/14/527988954/whirring-purring-fidget-spinners-provide-entertainment-not-adhd-help https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ853381 https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/stress-toys-focus-work/398453/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10802-015-0011-1#/page-1 https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ienvironment/201501/environmental-stimula

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