Can You Resist A Marshmallow?

 So I saw this interesting and a bit funny article online so just for fun I thought I could write about it. I hope you like it :)

Have you ever tried a marshmallow, of course you have who hasn’t? Which means you all know how tempting it is to eat one, so for how long can you stand firm and not eat one? A conclusion has been made by University of Stanford scientist Walter Mische who is the creator of the “Stanford Marshmallow Test”

The actual test was performed between 1968-1970 however the actual results came in this year. So children from 4 to 6 were placed in a room which had only one marshmallow on a plate. The only instructions the children were given is to wait until someone comes back without eating the marshmallow. If they don’t eat it they get an extra one and if they do eat it the just get that single one that is on the plate. The scientists would then go outside and watch how the kids react to the marshmallow. Their observations were exactly what they hoped for and thought. All the older children could resist the power of the marshmallow. However one surprising fact is that not many grabbed the marshmallow right away they tried but got possessed by the powerful marshmallow.

However the experiment doesn’t end there. After many years they contacted the same group that took the test and saw results. The ones who didn’t eat the marshmallow are more knowledgeable. They also found out that the ones who could control themselves have a much healthier weight.

I really like this article because i thought it was fun. I wanted to start of the year with an exiting current event, which is why i picked this one. I thought this would be something interesting for someone to read when their day wasn't as much fun or interesting. The best part about this event where the end products, the ones made a couple years after. 

"How Long Can You Resist a Marshmallow?" Dogo News. N.p., 20 Aug. 2012. Web. 29
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