I would try this out with my kids, if I had any...

http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/09/video-oh-t he-temptation-marshmallow-kids-experiment.htm l

Did any of you guys read the study (here) or watch the TED video (here)? I wonder if I could have resisted at age 4. :)

Heh - what would really be funny is to try it on buzzed college students, but instead put an ice cold beer on the table. 

"we're eating more marshmallows than we're producing"  lol

I thought the little Colombian girl was SOO adorable!!  Loved how she sniffed the life out of that marshmallow, hehe.

so cute!  thanks for sharing  :)

Original Post by moodymomma1977:

"we're eating more marshmallows than we're producing"  lol

I thought the little Colombian girl was SOO adorable!!  Loved how she sniffed the life out of that marshmallow, hehe.

so cute!  thanks for sharing  :)

Haha...I think she's the one that hollowed out the inside and tried to pass it off...sneaky ;)

I've heard of this sort of study, except with M&M's (it would be harder to pick a piece off an M&M, wouldn't it?).  But I'd never SEEN it - that was SO funny!

Going to try it on my kids (3 & 5) soon - and videotape the whole thing.  That ought to be interesting for the grandparents, huh?