The Washington Post – Michael Alison Chandler
“Four decades ago, the famous “Marshmallow Experiment” at Stanford University spawned a body of research that showed how an early test of children’s ability to delay gratification — eat one marshmallow now, or wait 15 minutes and get two — correlated with greater success and self control later in life. But a more recent study suggests the impulse to eat the marshmallow is not necessarily innate…The test showed how influential reliable, trusting relationships are to helping children develop skills and adapting behavior.”(more)