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Sit alone in a room with a marshmallow for five minutes. If you don’t eat it you get a second marshmallow. -- (edited)

Posted by znufrii Oct 12 '21, 13:48

Supposedly a study on how kids with impulse control are predisposed to having better life outcomes, but since somewhat debunked as being a marker of economic stability instead of having any predictive capability.

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Wikipedia -- (link) - znufrii Oct 12, 13:52

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Sit alone in a room with a marshmallow for five minutes. If you don’t eat it you get a second marshmallow. -- (edited)

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