MetaFilter posts tagged with marshmallows

You see this marshmallow? You don’t have to eat it. You can wait. Here’s how.

hindmost — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:30:17 -0800

In the late 1960s, Walter Mischel conducted a series of experiments on delayed gratification in preschoolers that became known as the Marshmallow Test. A recent New Yorker article talks about the eventual path that his research took and its wider implications. New research points to specific differences in brain activity between people with good self control and people with poor self control. Promising scientific findings aside, it's the (adorable) movie re-enactment of the marshmallow tests that is making news recently.

Keep your hands to yourself.

shadytrees — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:37:30 -0800

Jonah Lehrer in The New Yorker profiles Walter Mischel, whose recent research indicates a child's ability to delay gratification can predict the child's academic success. Mischel was previously mentioned in a thread on behavorial economics. He is best known for the marshmallow experiment in the 1960s. (via)

Watch out for Milk 'n Cookies too...

troutfishing — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:17:07 -0800

Federal marshmallow-mixup bust.... "a teacher's aide who forgot to put away her marshmallows and hot chocolate at Yellowstone National Park last year was taken from her cruise ship cabin in handcuffs...."

Marshmallows-A Take-Home Lab

thatwhichfalls — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:02:55 -0800

How to calculate the speed of light with a microwave and some marshmallows
via Making Light

Lord of the Peeps!

serafinapekkala — Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:31:10 -0800

One Peep to rule them all, and in the darkness eat them. It's not Friday, but any day is a good day to see "Lord of The Rings" executed with marshmallow peeps. There's also a "PeepHenge" on the site...mmmmmmm, PeepHenge. (God bless Bifurcated Rivets.)