
With this lack of research, manufacturers' claims about the usefulness of fidget spinners are baseless, the authors concluded.

Not only that, but there were no peer-reviewed studies at all on fidget spinners, they said. Ruth Milanaik, director of the neonatal follow-up program at Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, found that no research had specifically focused on the link between these spinners and kids' attention. In a review of relevant literature published July 7, 2017, in the journal Current Opinion in Pediatrics, scientists including Dr.

Scientists decided to find out whether there was any basis to these claims made by manufacturers.
