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What the ‘marshmallow test’ can teach you about your kids
CNN: The premise is simple: You can eat one marshmallow now or, if you can wait, you get to eat two marshmallows later. It’s an experiment in self-control for preschoolers dreamed up by psychologist Dr.
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Is Obesity a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
There are lots of people of normal, healthy weight who, when they look in the mirror, see a fat person. Many of them know that their perceptions are skewed, because trusted friends and family have
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How to Be a Better Shopper
Scientific American: The other day an e-mail from Old Navy arrived in my in-box with the subject line “Buy one, get one 50 percent off all activewear. Two days only!” I get these sales e-mails
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Would I Wait for More Pie?
As a child, I honestly do not know if I would have eaten one marshmallow or waited for two during Walter Mischel’s famous delay-of-gratification test, affectionately known as the “marshmallow test.” What I do know
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To make better food choices, wait before you decide
CTV News: Whether you choose celery or chocolate could be a question of how quickly your brain takes healthfulness into account, according to a new study by a team of neuroeconomists at the California Institute
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The Psychology Behind Impulse Shopping
The Wall Street Journal: Is the impulse buyer an endangered species? As the Wall Street Journal reported, “A new intentionality has taken hold of shopping. Many Americans have the money and the will to spend. But