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Meeting Restlessness Plan

Build a plan for staying engaged in long meetings, with a low-demand secondary activity and a movement option, and print it.

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This tool gives general information based on the research summarised in Fidgeting, Doodling and Focus. It is not a medical device, does not diagnose, and does not replace advice from your clinician.

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What this is based on


Every output names at least one verified PubMed source. Identifiers were verified on 2026-10-11 in an earlier batch and carried over into this build; they were not re-queried here, and no retraction database was checked. Verification was at abstract level.


Wong 2023
Wong SSH, Lim SWH. Take notes, not photos: Mind-wandering mediates the impact of note-taking strategies on video-recorded lecture learning performance. J Exp Psychol Appl. 2023;29(1):124-135. doi:10.1037/xap0000375. PMID: 34166036.
PMID 34166036 · controlled experiment · weight 0.5 · abstract level
Ariga 2011
Ariga A, Lleras A. Brief and rare mental "breaks" keep you focused: deactivation and reactivation of task goals preempt vigilance decrements. Cognition. 2011;118(3):439-43. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2010.12.007. PMID: 21211793.
PMID 21211793 · controlled experiment · weight 0.5 · abstract level
Spencer-Mueller 2024
Spencer-Mueller EK, Fenske MJ. Note-taking for the win: Doodling does not reduce boredom or mind-wandering, nor enhance attention or retention of lecture material. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2024;77(8):1780-1796. doi:10.1177/17470218231222402. PMID: 38087918.
PMID 38087918 · controlled experiment · weight 0.5 · abstract level


Limits: This builds a plan; it does not measure your attention. The fidget evidence is a single randomised study with mixed directions, so the role and movement parts of this plan rest on more general attention findings.







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