If you were a 4 year old and had a choice: you can have one right away, or get two if you just wait. Can you resist sweet temptation for 15 agonizing minutes, or do you surrender to instant gratification?
I think they should followup to see if any of these children had a stroke and see what recovery was like for them.
Two different writeups on this:
http://www.scilearn.com/blog/marshmallow-experiment-self-control-young-children.php
http://www.livescience.com/15821-cookie-test-control.html
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