Sit a child in a room with a marshmallow. Tell the child they can either eat it or wait and get another one. Leave and film them. This is what you get. Very entertaining, in large part because we can all relate to the torment the child is going through.
The New Yorker has an article on these tests discussing how success at delaying gratification as a child is a good predictor of success later in life.
Hat tip to Marginal Revolution via Arbesman.net.
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