Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are usually asked to sit still and listen, but a new study has found that children's movement is important in how they learn and keep information. According to reports of University of Central Florida, children with ADHD have the best learning experience, and it is important to let them squirm.

The new study has also suggested that children with the disorder should be addressed in a new way. Such children could benefit from sitting on exercise balls during their class time. Mark Rapport, head of the Children's Learning Clinic at the University of Central Florida and one of the authors of the study, said that the interventions target reducing hyperactivity. It is necessary to do opposite of what teachers do with a majority of children with ADHD.

Rapport said, "The message isn't let them run around the room, but you need to be able to facilitate their movement so they can maintain the level of alertness necessary for cognitive activities".

In the study, the researchers added about 52 boys between the age of eight and 12. As per the researchers, 29 of the boys were diagnosed with ADHD. Every child in the study was asked a series of tasks that could determine their working memory. Every child's move was caught and observed with a camera.

As per a previous study, kids with ADHD show excessive movement when they have to use their brain's executive brain functions. The new study has shown that the movement helps the children with the disorder to boost working memory.

According to Rapport, the researchers found that when the children were moving the most, they were actually performing better. They move to main alertness, Rapport added. On the other side, children who didn't have ADHD moved excessively showed to have reduction in working memory.