Research Paper On Fidget Spinners

Remember bottle flipping? Neither do I. Fidget spinners are the new craze. The three pronged device has everybody going crazy. People claim that fidget spinners help people concentrate. This experiment will test that theory. This essay talks about all four cognitive functions, the many factors that affect concentration, what a fidget spinner is, what it was made to do, sensory intervention, and the RAS.

Cognitive functions are defined as cerebral activities that lead to knowledge, including all ways to acquire information. Cognitive functions include reasoning, memory, attention, and language. These four functions can be doubled into the eight cognitive functions because it has those functions in the minds of both introverts and extroverts. Introverts are people who lose energy by being around big crowds.. Extroverts lose energy by being alone. They gain energy by being friendly and social.

There are a lot of factors that affect concentration. Our ability to focus let’s us accomplish things, when it’s working properly. Distractions are what makes us lose focus. Sometimes, there are less obvious distractions happening around you. If you don’t notice these distractions you may blame yourself for not having enough control over yourself. As you get older, concentration can change, as can other
cognitive functions, but this is not inevitable. In fact, studies have shown that sometimes older people have no decline in decision making and strategic learning. Sometimes, it even can get better with age. If you get distracted easily, you should try to improve the specific functions that run concentration and awareness. You can create conditions that make it easier to focus and complete your work. You can concentrate more especially when you have a specific job to complete. A poor diet can affect concentration. For example, weight loss diets are mostly bad for focus. Low fat diets can destroy focus because the brain needs certain essential fatty acids. Not getting enough protein is also bad. Hunger is a very big distraction that gets us all rattled. Dehydration does the same thing.

A fidget spinner is a handheld device that’s purpose is to help people concentrate more. It was originally made for people who had ADHD/ADD. Most fidget spinners have three prongs that spin in a circle when you hit them. Fidgeting didn’t start with spinners. If any of you have clicked a pen again and again you’ve fidgeted. One thing people often say is that fidgeting with an object in your hands helps them stay focused when doing a long chore or sitting in a long meeting or talk. Many people fidget with are paper clips, USB thumb drives, earbuds, and sticky tape. Researchers say that fidget toys help children with attention or anxiety issues to stay focused and calm themselves down. There haven’t yet been a clear study of the impact of these toys in the researching world. In a study looking at stress ball use, sixth graders reported that their attitude, attention, writing abilities, and group work improved.

Sensory intervention are any treatments or therapies that try to improve on or multiple senses.
The senses are sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. Some people say that fidget spinners are sensory interventions because it is something that was made to improve your senses. Some interventions such as sensory integrative therapy, aim to improve multiple sensory and motor functions. Many people with autism have trouble using their senses so fluently. That’s why they take treatments and/or therapies to help them have a better flow. The creator of fidget spinners said that she made them for the purpose of helping kids with ADHD/ADD and autism and it has been successful so
far.

Attention is the mental process in which a person concentrated on a specific activity. Scientists that study the brain and nervous system believe that attention is a function of the RAS. The RAS includes a group of nerve fibers that are in a lot of the parts of the brain including the cerebral cortex. The RAS accounts for the movements in people’s involvement with their environment. It ranges from full attention to sleep. When the RAS is fully operational, a person is awake, alert, and attentive. This is the case when someone is taking an important test or an interview. The RAS is less active when a person is tired and inattentive. It is much more difficult for people to be attentive when they are tired. During the twentieth century, researchers got a better idea of what it meant to actually pay attention. A Russian scientist named Ivan Pavlov looked at some physical signs of attention in dogs and other animals. These signs were pricked-up ears, turning their head toward a stimulus, and muscle tension.