This isn't the paper about the cookie study, this paper examines results from a number of studies, including the cookie one, which it identifies as Ward and Kel

This isn't the paper about the cookie study, this paper examines results from a number of studies, including the cookie one, which it identifies as Ward and Keltner 1998. That paper was never published. https://thenewstatistics.com/itns/2019/05/22/the-cookie-monster-study-the-highly-influential-memory-of-a-long-lost-study/ https://thenewstatistics.com/itns/2019/05/22/the-cookie-mons... It also doesn't claim anything like the effect that Lewis is talking about in his speech. The people in power ate, on average 1.25 cookies, which is not consistent with every single one greedily devouring the extra cookie. It also has 5 cookies for 3 people, so that at least one person could take an extra cookie without the social stigma of being the one who grabs the last cookie.