Delayed gratification — the ability to sacrifice an immediate reward for a more valuable one in the future — can tell us a lot about intelligence. While once believed to be a uniquely human trait, ...

A study published inProceedings of the Royal Society Bhas revealed that common cuttlefish can pass a test of delayed gratification—a benchmark of cognitive ability typically applied to children, ...

Cognitive control is a term used to describe the processes that enable us to think, feel, and act in flexible, goal-directed ways. Psychologists have been fascinated by the concept of cognitive ...

Editorial: The marshmallow test is one of the best demonstrations of humans struggling to opt for delayed reward over instant gratification. Children are asked to sit with a marshmallow in front of ...

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A person’s ability to delay gratification—forgoing a smaller reward now for a larger reward in the future—may depend on how trustworthy the person perceives the reward-giver to be, according to a new ...

Kids and sweets make for a thoroughly compatible combination. Children yearn for the sticky syrup of melted ice cream dribbling down the sides of waffle cones, or the gummy candy that stubbornly ...