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Stanford marshmallow experiment has been debunked. https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/09/09/03kohn.h34.html https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/09/09/0

Stanford marshmallow experiment has been debunked. https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/09/09/03kohn.h34.html https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/09/09/03kohn.h34.htm...

belorn 9y ago
>> Stanford marshmallow experiment and the connection to the prefrontal cortex. From that article: > The outcome, as it's usually represented, is that the children who were able to wait for an extra treat scored better on measures of cognitive and social skills many years later and had higher SAT scores. Thus, if we teach kids to put off the payoff as long as possible, they'll be more successful. But I did not use the usually representation. See the highlighted part I made? "The connection to the prefrontal cortex", ie the development of the brain to moderating social behavior in particular young children? The linked article is not debunking nor dispelling the link between prefrontal cortex development and the ability to moderate social behavior. What the the article do debunk is the predictable nature of looking at early ability to moderate social behavior in young children. > when the children were tracked down 10 years later, those who had been more likely to wait didn't have any more self-control or willpower than the others. Which is possible true. It was just not the part I refereed to. Here is some sources if you like: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929311000065 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187892931... "We suggest that input from these brain regions contribute to three functions involved in generating flexible behavior within social contexts: valuation, inhibition, and rule use" See the connection between topic we are talking about and inhibition and rule use? Lets take an other study. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831160220.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831160220.h... That one somewhat debunks the debunking article, but I have no horse in that race. The Stanford marshmallow experiment is simply a starting point on the subject, but its an old study with multiple claims, some that is likely to be false. One can always skip it and jump directly into the more heavy research papers from recent dates.

Stanford marshmallow experiment has been debunked. https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/09/09/03kohn.h34.html https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/09/09/03kohn.h34.htm...

belorn 9y ago

>> Stanford marshmallow experiment and the connection to the prefrontal cortex. From that article: > The outcome, as it's usually represented, is that the children who were able to wait for an extra treat scored better on measures of cognitive and social skills many years later and had higher SAT scores. Thus, if we teach kids to put off the payoff as long as possible, they'll be more successful. But I did not use the usually representation. See the highlighted part I made? "The connection to the prefrontal cortex", ie the development of the brain to moderating social behavior in particular young children? The linked article is not debunking nor dispelling the link between prefrontal cortex development and the ability to moderate social behavior. What the the article do debunk is the predictable nature of looking at early ability to moderate social behavior in young children. > when the children were tracked down 10 years later, those who had been more likely to wait didn't have any more self-control or willpower than the others. Which is possible true. It was just not the part I refereed to. Here is some sources if you like: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929311000065 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187892931... "We suggest that input from these brain regions contribute to three functions involved in generating flexible behavior within social contexts: valuation, inhibition, and rule use" See the connection between topic we are talking about and inhibition and rule use? Lets take an other study. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831160220.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831160220.h... That one somewhat debunks the debunking article, but I have no horse in that race. The Stanford marshmallow experiment is simply a starting point on the subject, but its an old study with multiple claims, some that is likely to be false. One can always skip it and jump directly into the more heavy research papers from recent dates.