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Research Recap with Skye: Fidgeting

22 May 2026 · 13 min

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Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD. I'm your host, William Curb, and I have ADHD . On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain . Today, I'm joined by Skye Watterson for our research recap series . In this series, we take a look at a single research paper and dive into what the paper says, how it was conducted, and try to find any practical takeaways . In this episode, we're going to be discussing a paper called A Quantitative Analysis of Fidgeting in ADHD and Its Relation to Performance and Sustained Attention on a Cognitive Task . And…

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Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb · Health · English

Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD, where you can learn techniques for helping your ADHD brain. ADHD can be a struggle, but it doesn't always have to be. Join me every Monday as I explore ways that you can work with your ADHD brain to do more of the things you want to do. If you have ADHD or someone…

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