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 ...

Our commitments to other people can have a big influence on how we act—even for children who are trying to keep themselves from snacking on a tasty treat right now. Peer support helped children pass ...

Last night I dreamt I ate a ten pound marshmallow. When I woke up the pillow was gone. —Tommy Cooper Think of the universe as a benevolent parent. A child may want a tub of ice-cream and marshmallows, ...

In the original study, Mischel is presented as an American gathering information about children in local schools, made up of Creole and South Asian cultural groups. He shows the children the candy ...