Unlike the movie industry, it’s exciting when the science community revisits old concepts. That’s right, this article is NOT about Aladdin 3. It’s a fresh look at the classic psychological experiment known as The Marshmallow Test.
You’ve seen the footage.
The experiment that has been repeated for dramatic effect places a young child in a room seated at a table. Soon a proctor walks in with a plated single marshmallow. The task? If the child can wait without eating the marshmallow, they will be rewarded with two marshmallows.
It is supposed to be a look inside of delayed gratification.
Well, a recently published study in the Royal Society Open Science journal, examined this dynamic with the added twist of another child! As you might expect, the accountability of a partner who vows to also help out improved the children’s success rate in waiting to consume the treat.
You know it, I know it, and the Royal Society Open Science journal knows it. We do better with each other.
The million dollar question is: who is your accountability partner?
5/21/25 WOD
DEUCE Athletics GPP
Complete 4 rounds of the following:
8 Half Kneeling LM Press(ea)
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
6 KB Scap Loads(ea)
:25 1-Arm Plank Hold (ea)
15 DB Rollbacks
EMOM 12
Min 1: 6 Barbell Back Squats
Min 2: 7th Street Corner Run
DEUCE Garage GPP
Every :90 for 8 efforts, complete 1 Split Jerk
Then, complete the following for time:
AMRAP 20
10 Pull Ups
20 Push Ups
30 Cal Bike