Competing intentions. We all have them; Exercise as we intended, or spend another night as couch potato. A recent study on academic delay of gratification sheds some light on the self-regulatory ...

Delayed gratification is supposed to lead to greater rewards. Sometimes. A famous study in the late 1960s by Stanford psychologist Walter Mischel involved preschool children at Stanford’s nursery ...

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, ...

A person’s ability to delay gratification—forgoing a smaller reward now for a larger reward in the future—may depend on how trustworthy the person perceives the reward-giver to be, according to a new ...

While Eurasian jays and New Caledonian crows can practice delayed gratification by waiting for access to higher-quality food, jays adjust this self-control behavior depending on the social context.

Two strong income investments that pay you to do nothing more than hold them. Doing less often results in more success; don't fiddle idly. Yields up to 6% are discussed. We live in a society that ...

Discover the Secret to Long-Term Success - Jordan Peterson Motivation Welcome to WisdomTalks! My mission is to create concise, educational, and empowering content centered on success strategies. In ...

Cognitive control plays a central role in mental skills ranging from plain concentration and focus (on your homework, not that text from your BFF) to calming down after you get upset (say, when you ...