Study suggests that fidgeting could have beneficial effects on children with ADHD

Written by Louise White

New research carried out at Florida State University’s Children’s Learning Clinic (FL, USA) by Michael Kofler and his team (Florida State University) has shown that children often fidget when they are attempting to solve a problem, and that movement might have a cognitive benefit in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children with ADHD have been shown to have deficits in the ‘working’ component of working memory; they are able to retain information that they use on a daily basis but often have difficulty updating or rearranging information in the mind. Previous work had indicated a link between increased...

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