Remember the Marshmallow experiment? That's the one to see how long a child could hold out against the temptation to eat a marshmallow, correlated with an enhanced ability at delayed gratification and ...

Imagine there is a marshmallow sitting on a plate in front of you. A nice lady in a lab coat sits next to you. She tells you she's going to leave the room, and you can eat the marshmallow if you want.

If you’ve taken a psychology class, you’ve probably come across the marshmallow experiment first performed by Walter Mischel and colleagues. Adorable pre-school kids were sat down in front of a ...