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... it for laughs in a fool's paradise Fidget the line-dancing collie, do you fancy a ...
1999 - Gale Group | Sunday Times HA GDA
Rachel A. Schecter, Jay Shah, Kate Fruitman, Ruth Milanaik,
... review In the span of a few months, fidget spinners have caught the eyes of millions of children, parents, educators and paediatricians. Fidget spinners, hand-held toys designed to spin freely in ... evidence, toy marketers have advertised the benefits of fidget spinners for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and ... are incentivized by these purported benefits to purchase fidget spinners to improve their child's concentration and decrease stress. Recent findings While fidget spinners are a new phenomenon, existing therapy toys (e. ...
Tópico(s): Children's Physical and Motor Development
2017 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Current Opinion in Pediatrics
Julia S. Soares, Benjamin C. Storm,
Summary Fidget spinners have experienced a rapid rise in popularity, at least partially because they are marketed as attentional aides ... students watched educational videos while either using a fidget spinner or not. Using a fidget spinner was associated with increased reports of attentional lapses, ... was observed regardless of whether the use of fidget spinners was manipulated between‐subjects (Experiment 1) or within‐ ... neutral or positive views on the use of fidget spinners. These results suggest that if fidget spinners are ...
Tópico(s): Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
2019 - Wiley | Applied Cognitive Psychology
Kathleen B. Aspiranti, David Hulac,
... the classroom. This study investigated the effect of fidget spinners on the on-task behavior of three second- ... by the researchers; students were then provided with fidget spinners during treatment sessions in language arts class. A ... levels of on-task behavior when using the fidget spinner. Momentary time sampling was used to record on- ... and sustained increases in on-task behavior during fidget spinner use. Implications for implementing a fidget spinner intervention and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Tópico(s): Children's Physical and Motor Development
2021 - Springer Science+Business Media | Behavior Analysis in Practice
Paulo A. Graziano, Alexis García, Taylor D. Landis,
Objective: To examine how fidget spinners affect children with ADHD’s gross motor activity and attentional functioning in class, both during the initial and final phase ... four random children from each classroom were given fidget spinners across three separate days ( n = 48). Children wore ... not during the final phase), the use of fidget spinners was associated with a decrease in activity levels. Children’s use of fidget spinners was associated with poorer attention across both phases of treatment. Conclusion: Fidget spinners negatively influence young children with ADHD’s attentional ...
Tópico(s): Child Development and Digital Technology
2018 - SAGE Publishing | Journal of Attention Disorders
Erez James Cohen, Riccardo Bravi, Diego Minciacchi,
... may influence motor control and performance. As such, fidget spinners, by being diffuse and prone to repetitive usage, ... In this study we examine the effect of fidget spinners on fine motor control, evaluated by a spiral-tracing task. We show that the use of fidget spinner indeed seems to have a favorable effect on ... seem to be in any way inherent to fidget spinners themselves as much as to object manipulation in general. However, due to their widespread usage, fidget spinner may have the advantage of being an enjoyable ...
Tópico(s): Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
2018 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
Reza Koiler, Austin Schimmel, Elham Bakhshipour, Patricia A. Shewokis, Nancy Getchell,
Fidget spinners have been marketed as repetitive motion devices that improve attention and motor performance, and as such, ... standardized fine motor skills test after using a fidget spinner. Eight right-handed adults with ADHD and eight ... motor subtasks and more complex assembly tasks. The fidget spinner improved both task performance and RNE in the ... the less cognitively demanding subtasks. Our results indicate Fidget spinners may improve both relative neural efficiency and fine ...
Tópico(s): EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
2022 - Scientific Research Publishing | Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science
Malin G. Ahlström, Jacob P. Thyssen, Torkil Menné, Morten Stendahl Jellesen, Peter Jacob Schwencke Westermann, Jeanne D. Johansen,
... 359 Contact Point Nickel and cobalt release from fidget spinners on the Danish market Malin G. Ahlström, Corresponding ... image, 18.8 MB Figure S2. (a) A fidget spinner before dismantling. (b, c) Metal balls from the ... Table S2. Full test result list for 10 fidget spinners, tested by DMG and cobalt spot test and ...
Tópico(s): Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
2018 - Wiley | Contact Dermatitis

V L B de Jesus, Daniel Guilherme Gomes Sasaki,
... of the most famous toy in 2017: the fidget spinner. According to Wikipedia: “The fidget spinner is a toy that consists of a ball- ... little effort.” Articles on educational proposals related to fidget spinners have been presented recently. Naturally, an issue arises from this polemic context: can fidget spinners be used to illustrate or explain physics concepts ... setup to obtain moments of inertia of the fidget spinner by using the free software Tracker for video ...
Tópico(s): Arduino and IoT Applications
2018 - American Association of Physics Teachers | The Physics Teacher
Racha T. Khalaf, Yoseph Gurevich, Ahmed I. Marwan, Angie L. Miller, Robert Krämer, Benjamin Sahn,
... risks until data on injury become known. The fidget spinner is a new popular toy mass marketed to ... children who swallowed a button battery from a fidget spinner, causing severe esophageal injury. Various aspects of this ...
Tópico(s): Esophageal and GI Pathology
2018 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
P.V.A. Aditya, Madu Ghanashyam Prasad, Ambati Nagaradhakrishna, Nagothu Sleeva Raju, Duvvi Naveen Babu,
... children. The present study aimed to use a fidget spinner, kaleidoscope, and virtual reality as distraction techniques individually ... into four groups of 15 each; Group 1 fidget spinner (FS), Group 2 kaleidoscope, Group 3 virtual reality ( ... significant between all the Groups (p > 0.05).Fidget spinner, kaleidoscope, and virtual reality seem to be effective ...
Tópico(s): Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
2021 - Elsevier BV | Heliyon
Reza Koiler, Elham Bakhshipour, Austin Schimmel, Andrez Jones, Kimberlly Milla, Patricia A. Shewokis, Nancy Getchell,
... increasing popularity, media attention, and commercial success of fidget spinners, scientific evidence on their effectiveness is scarce. The purpose of this study was to explore how fidget spinners affect fine motor performance and its neural correlates ... the Purdue Pegboard Task (PPT). In this study, fidget spinners resulted in a significant decrease in ΔHbO compared ... all four brain regions. This finding suggests that fidget spinners may reduce the cognitive load on LDLPFC during ...
Tópico(s): Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
2020 - Springer Nature | Advances in intelligent systems and computing
Matson Driesen, Joske Rijmen, An‐Katrien Hulsbosch, Marina Danckaerts, Jan R. Wiersema, Saskia Van der Oord,
Fidget tools – such as fidget spinners and bouncy bands – are advertised by manufacturers to improve academic performance in children. Therefore, these tools are often used in ... school children. This study examined the effect of fidget spinners and bouncy bands on mathematics and listening performance ... by accelerometers. Linear mixed-effect models revealed that fidget spinners had an overall detrimental effect on academic performance, ... these findings, we advise against the use of fidget spinners or bouncy bands as universal therapeutic classroom tools ...
Tópico(s): Behavioral and Psychological Studies
2023 - Elsevier BV | Contemporary Educational Psychology
Neelesh A. Tipnis, Thomas Ciecierega,
See “Commentary: Button Batteries in Fidget Spinners: Is It Time to Push the “Panic Button”?” by Bousvaros and Rufo on page 557. Most foreign body ingestions occur in ... perforation, and severe bleeding have been reported. The fidget spinner (FS) is a new toy made of metal ... and F: front and rear FS cap. FS = fidget spinner.At 17 hours post-ingestion, upper endoscopy was ...
Tópico(s): Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
2018 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Chao-Hsuan Liu, Chung‐An Chen, Shijia Chen, Tsung‐Ting Tsai, Chin‐Chou Chu, Chien-Cheng Chang, Chien‐Fu Chen,
... free centrifuge platform based on a commercially available "fidget-spinner." The centrifugal force provided by this inexpensive and ...
Tópico(s): Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
2018 - American Chemical Society | Analytical Chemistry
Lucas Mesquita, Guilherme Brockington, Pamella Aline de Almeida, María Elena Truyol, Leonardo André Testoni, Paula F F Sousa,
... world, there was a boom in sales of fidget spinners. A toy that has 'multi-lobes' that can ...
Tópico(s): Mobile Learning in Education
2018 - IOP Publishing | Physics Education
Narinder Sharma, Sumeet Singh Bhatia,
This paper presents the design of fidget spinner-shaped antenna (FSSA) loaded with parasitic EC-SRR (edge coupled-split ring resonator) for multi-standard wireless applications. Parasitic EC-SRR element- ...
Tópico(s): Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
2019 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
... in high school, comparing e-cigarettes with the fidget-spinner and reserving vaping for kids and addicted adult ...
Tópico(s): Media Influence and Health
2020 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Drug Policy
Patrick T. Reeves, Cade M. Nylund, James M. Noël, D. Stephen Charnock‐Jones, Bruno P. Chumpitazi, Henry A. Milczuk, Robert A. Noel,
... and potential injury database records 13 cases of fidget spinner ingestion since 2016. In addition to a database query, we report 3 additional cases of fidget spinner ingestion to describe patient presentations and subsequent management ...
Tópico(s): Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
2018 - Elsevier BV | The Journal of Pediatrics
Xiao Zhang, Shuang Liu, Xing Wei, Yong‐Liang Yu, Jianhua Wang,
... a magnetic stir bar are placed on the fidget spinner of the pretreatment device. When flicking the fidget spinner rotation with the finger, the magnetic stir bar ...
Tópico(s): Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
2021 - American Chemical Society | Analytical Chemistry
Two rotating fidget spinners are mounted in tandem.The two situations where the individual angular momenta of the spinners either add constructively ...
Tópico(s): Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
2017 - IOP Publishing | Physics Education
Amber McClain, W. Daniel Jackson, Jacob Robson,
See "Commentary: Button Batteries in Fidget Spinners: Is It Time to Push the “Panic Button”?" by Bousvaros and Rufo on page 557. The fidget spinner craze is sweeping the United States. This “it” ... low price-point and widespread availability. Unfortunately, as fidget spinner sales have boomed, so too have urgent calls ... young children. We present a case of a fidget spinner part ingestion, presenting as acute dysphagia. CASE PRESENTATION ... him remove a circular plastic piece from a fidget spinner and swallow it. Immediately, he seemed uncomfortable, struggling ...
Tópico(s): Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
2017 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Kathleen B. Aspiranti, Ella C. Schoenen, David Hulac,
Research on the effectiveness of fidget spinner use in the classroom to increase academic performance and behavior has had mixed results, with no studies evaluating the use of fidget spinners on reading performance. The current study examined the effects of using a fidget spinner on Aimsweb oral reading fluency probes for 66 ... acceptability measure determining whether they liked using the fidget spinner and if they thought it helped them. Results indicated that the fidget spinner use neither significantly increased nor decreased student reading ...
Tópico(s): Child Development and Digital Technology
2024 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Applied School Psychology
Athos Bousvaros, Paul A. Rufo,
See “Button Battery Powered Fidget Spinners: A Potentially Deadly New Ingestion Hazard for Children” by Khalaf et al on page 595; See “Fidget Spinners Can Be a Pain in the Neck” by McClain et al on page e110 and See “Fidget Spinner Ingestion” by Tipnis and Ciecierega on page e111. ... where the button battery was hidden inside a “fidget spinner” that was broken open by a child, and ... life-threatening complications. According to the authors, these “fidget spinners” did not have any warning label that they ... will most likely request that at a minimum fidget spinners with button batteries be labeled. In the meantime, ...
Tópico(s): Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
2018 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
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Tópico(s): Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
2017 - American Association of Physics Teachers | The Physics Teacher
Ja-Hoon Koo, Douglas Y. Tamura,
Tópico(s): Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
2017 - SAGE Publishing | Clinical Pediatrics
Marla B. K. Sammer, J. Herman Kan, Marcus D. Sammer, Lane F. Donnelly,
Tópico(s): Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
2018 - Springer Science+Business Media | Pediatric Radiology
Yoseph Gurevich, Benjamin Sahn, Toba Weinstein,
... parts of a popular toy known as a 'Fidget Spinner'.Adverse events resulting from FBI range the entire ...
Tópico(s): Restraint-Related Deaths
2018 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Current Opinion in Pediatrics
Rabia Tanel, Mert Büyükdede, Atakan Çoban,
Tópico(s): Online and Blended Learning
2019 - IOP Publishing | Physics Education
Javier Vila, Gláucio H. Paulino, Massimo Ruzzene,
We investigate and experimentally observe the existence of topologically protected interface modes in a one-dimensional mechanical lattice, and we report on the effect of nonlinearities on topological protection. The lattice consists of a one-dimensional array of spinners with nearest neighbor coupling resulting from magnetic interactions. The distance between the spinners is spatially modulated to obtain a diatomic configuration, and to produce a non-trivial interface by breaking spatial inversion ...
Tópico(s): Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
2019 - American Physical Society | Physical review. B./Physical review. B