A single marshmallow, and the urge to eat it now In the late 1960s, Stanford researcher Walter Mischel devised a clever procedure to test the limits of children’s willpower. Preschoolers are left in a room alone with marshmallows (or a treat of their choice). They are told they can either eat one immediately or, if… Read more »
The Promise and Peril of Waiting for the Second Marshmallow
