Don’t eat the marshmallow
The brain science of delayed gratification
“Are you going to the party, Dude?”
“I really wanna. But I’ve got, like, a seven page paper due on Thursday.”
“Yeah, Shoshanna’s gonna be there. But I’ve got this insane quiz at, like, 8AM.”
“Yeah, but she’s smokin hot.”
Neuroscientists have long studied the phenomenon of delayed gratification. This is the ability to make decisions that deny oneself an imme…
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