Hi, I'm Perri, and I'm a fidgeter. Hi, Perri. Just kidding, this isn't Fidgeters Anonymous, but if it were, consider this my public service announcement. Every fidgeter has the same story — for some, ...

I am a horrific fidgeter, and it can manifest in myriad ways. Sometimes I fiddle with zippers, pens, or sometimes a pocket knife. At my very worst, I absent-mindedly chew the back of my headphones.

A study published in the July 2016 issue of the American Journal of Physiology by researchers at the Universities of Missouri and Texas-Arlington found that people who fidget—making small, frequent ...