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On Marshmallows, Technique, and ‘Getting Technical’

Study reenactment: Evelyn Rose, 4 of Brighton, N.Y., participates in a reenactment of the marshmallow experiment used in a University of Rochester study published in the journal Cognition. The study...

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A Question About That Democratic Versus Republican Brains Paper

So this paper, “Red Brain, Blue Brain: Evaluative Processes Differ in Democrats and Republicans” has been making the rounds. I’ve been skeptical of the ‘political brain’ literature before–which, by the...

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Still Misunderstanding The Marshmallow Test

If you don’t know what the marshmallow test is, here’s an explanation (boldface mine): The marshmallow test is a famous psychological experiment intended to measure children’s self control. A...

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