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, ...

The Economic Survey by chief economic adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran emphasizes delayed gratification with roots in the marshmallow test. It highlights the importance of long-term commitment for ...

A team of psychologists at the University of Manchester, in the U.K., working with a colleague from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, in Morocco, has found that children tend to behave differently ...

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 ...

In government as in life, sometimes a good idea takes time to take root. Delayed gratification is still gratifying, though, and that’s what I experienced this week when an announcement confirmed ...

The world moves fast, and we’re hooked on it. Order a pizza, and it’s at your doorstep before you can scroll through ten TikToks. Post a selfie, and the likes roll in before you blink. Everywhere you ...

Storing cars is not fun. You must take a car, something designed to move, and make sure that sitting still for months on end doesn’t adversely affect it. The preparation process is tricky, too. When ...