Rashintha Lakshan
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Are Fidget Rings and Pop Its Stress-Relieving Tools or Modern-Day Snake Oil?
Whether or not there is a pandemic, we are an anxious species. "Humans aren't intended to sit there all day and utilize only our minds," explains Katherine Isbister, Ph.D., research director of the University of California, Santa Cruz's Social Emotional Technology Lab. But we must sit – in class, at work, while waiting for our daily cappuccino. And as we're doing so, our hands are looking for anything to do. It's only natural to have a fidget aid - something to automatically spin, squeeze, and push — from prayer beads to stress balls, spinning rings to pop pops. But why is that? Is there an advantage here, and if so, what is it? Are these items truly stress-relieving, mind-calming, and relaxing? Is this all snake oil, squeezable, pokable, and spinnable?
By Rashintha Lakshan2 years ago in Psyche