Other kids would stare directly at the marshmallow and then ring the bell thirty seconds later.
Mr. Mischel, who is originally from Vienna, hasn't performed the marshmallow test on French children.
She had a marshmallow-size tumor on her neck and 16 spots in her lungs.
Wade, religion v. science or what new marshmallow shape to add to boxes of Lucky Charms.
After much soul searching, I've decided that a plain marshmallow peep is preferable to one dipped in chocolate.
Without much thought you can probably remember the mouth-feel of the marshmallow-coconut frosting of a Sno Ball.
Mr. Mischel is most famous for devising the "marshmallow test" in the late 1960s when he was at Stanford.
In it, an experimenter leads a 4- or 5-year-old into a room where there is a marshmallow on a table.
According to Mischel, this view of will power also helps explain why the marshmallow task is such a powerfully predictive test.
Because people had seen silly films about an asteroid strike, they seem to bracket the threat alongside giant marshmallow men.
Others start kicking the desk, or tug on their pigtails, or stroke the marshmallow as if it were a tiny stuffed animal.
Meanwhile, prepare the Chocolate Marshmallow Frosting, or another frosting that would go well with the flavor of the ice cream in the cake.
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In the current economic crisis, a lot of economists have wondered if what we have going on is the marshmallow experiment writ large.
On the other hand, I start buying chocolate-covered marshmallow rabbits as soon as they're available, which at my supermarket is right after Valentine's Day.
They would think that the best way to resist the marshmallow is to stare right at it, to keep a close eye on the goal.
Can't you just see yourself armed with a homemade Marshmallow Shooter?
Honda's Puyo car looks a little like a marshmallow on wheels.
Mischel is particularly excited by the example of the substantial subset of people who failed the marshmallow task as four-year-olds but ended up becoming high-delaying adults.
The marshmallow air cannon might catch the attention of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, but it is his passionate heart that will get him on the show.
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Since he succeeded in his quest to find a supplier that makes a true cereal marshmallow, his goal has been to sell as many as possible.
It took off and now Orange appears regularly on YouTube with friends Pear, Passion Fruit, Apple, Marshmallow, his antagonist Grapefruit, the reluctant Knife and many cameo foods.
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There is something deeply contradictory about Walter Mischel a psychologist who spent decades critiquing the validity of personality tests inventing the marshmallow task, a simple test with impressive predictive power.
It is this idea of rapid prototyping and flexibility in the plan (as demonstrated by our fearless youth in the marshmallow challenge) that yields the greatest chance for success.
When the scientists set the same children the marshmallow task at the age of five, they found that the kids who had cried also struggled to resist the tempting treat.
Though seemingly impressive--especially when you consider the number of marshmallow chicks that would buy you at 99 cents a pack, on average--this figure is significantly less than spending in 2004.
The young man who recently taught President Obama how to fire his DIY marshmallow air cannon, at the White House Science Fair, is an inspirational force of nature for makers.
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He said that if she rang a bell on the desk while he was away he would come running back, and she could eat one marshmallow but would forfeit the second.
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