Dolphins might come to mind when it comes to smart animals; cephalopods probably don't. But this experiment found they passed ...

In a rural village on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, cultural developmental psychologist Suzanne Gaskins placed pillowy marshmallows in front of a half-dozen Yucatec Maya children and gave them a simple ...

In this research, the seminal Marshmallow Experiment paper everyone’s heard about, study authors looked at the relationship between the ability to wait longer to take a desired treat—one marshmallow ...

A team of psychologists at the University of Manchester, in the U.K., working with a colleague from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, in Morocco, has found that children tend to behave differently ...

When children take the marshmallow test to see if they can delay gratification, having a partner who promises to go the distance helps them do better. In some ways, the experiment replicates buddy ...

Our commitments to other people can have a big influence on how we act—even for children who are trying to keep themselves from snacking on a tasty treat right now. Peer support helped children pass ...

In the original experiment, preschool age children were brought into a room, sat down at a table where a single marshmallow has been placed, and made an offer: “You can eat this single marshmallow ...