marshmallow

Walter Mischel's famous marshmallow tests told children that they could forgo one marshmallow for the promise of two if they waited a while.

Which is that the kids who managed to not eat the Marshmallow didn't do it via iron discipline.

The controlled kids had resisted the marshmallow by simply making a decision and moving on without further discussion.

If you like a challenge, why do you avoid the challenge of enjoying eating pickle and marshmallow sandwiches?

By turning self-driving cars into an adorable Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots, Google hopes to spiritually disarm other drivers.

If you're working for the external rewards of 10 points/10 dollars/a marshmallow, once you've got it, you're done.

Wasn't the metric for calculating self control was how long you were willing to wait for an additional marshmallow?

Often when the Marshmallow study is being quoted, they leave out half of the story.

The children who deliberated, or lingered over the marshmallow, were more likely to cave in.

So well known and simple, easy to brand/market and I really want to see a marshmallow Android bot.

I'm developing a system that, among other things, could be an even more minimalist alternative to Marshmallow [0].

Additionally, the marshmallow study isn't the only research that shows this effect.

You're either a marshmallow, you're overreacting, or maybe you just didn't have what it takes." The science is the easy part.

I wish I could know how the luckies and unluckies would have done on the "marshmallow test" as 4-year-olds.

That's why you choose the marshmallow now and can't wait "15 minutes".

I've been reading the recently released book on this (www.amazon.com/Marshmallow-Test-Mastering-Self-Control/dp/0316230871/) and it has been interesting & good.

You might be interested in Marshmallow, a minimalist serializtion framework.