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Marshmallows and Beyond: Cultural Influences on Self-Regulation
Few psychology studies have created a bigger stir than Walter Mishel’s research into marshmallows. Okay,…
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How Does Self-Control Really Work? Introducing a Debate
You’d like to know how researchers think about self-control, but don’t know where to begin? Begin here… Continue reading
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How Best to Achieve our New Year’s Resolutions
Psychology research can help us accomplish our New Year’s resolutions, even if we’re offered tempting cake. Continue reading
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Powerful Evidence: Self-Control Training Works — and Changes Brains
Both survey data and fMRI neuroimaging suggest that a program to help poor children develop self-control skills had real benefits over many years. Continue reading
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Can We Boost Our Students’ Self-Control?
You have, no doubt, heard about this research before. Walter Mischel tested preschoolers on self-control….
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Healthy Snacks After Exercise? Depends on the Timing…
We’re likelier to make good snack choices before we exercise than after. This research finding gives us practical advice, and supports a well-known (but recently controversial) theory of self-control. Continue reading
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The Self-Control Paradox: Resistance is (Often) Futile
The “self-control paradox” leads to a surprise. We shouldn’t help students resist temptation. Instead, we want them to avoid temptation in the first place. Continue reading
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Adolescents and Self-Control: Do Teens Recognize High Stakes?
Why is adolescent self-control so difficult? Recent research suggests that teens don’t consistently recognize the difference between high-stakes and low-stakes situations. And: the brain networks that help them do so don’t mature until we turn 19 or 20. Continue reading
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Bilingual Preschoolers and Self-Control
If you can speak two or more languages, you’re likely to have some real advantages…
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School, Self-Regulation, and the Brain
The Study A just-published study asks about the effect of schooling on the brain. (A…