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> But it also turns out that there's also an excellent correlation between kids who eat the marshmallow without waiting and kids who grow up in an environment w

by NhanH 10y ago

> But it also turns out that there's also an excellent correlation between kids who eat the marshmallow without waiting and kids who grow up in an environment where adults don't keep promises... Citation for this please? I don't remember that being mentioned in the marshmallow paper.

bryanlarsen 10y ago
From Wikipedia: "Marshmallow Test Revisited". University of Rochester. October 11, 2012. Kidd, Celeste; Palmeri, Holly; Aslin, Richard N. (2013). "Rational snacking: Young children's decision-making on the marshmallow task is moderated by beliefs about environmental reliability". Cognition 126 (1): 109–114. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2012.08.004. PMC 3730121. PMID 23063236.