OT – Alcoholism and Addiction

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I think Michael Landon, Patrick Swayse and Randy Pausch put their faces on deadly pancreatic cancer, thus putting it on the map. Pausch even appealed to Congress for research funds just weeks before his death in 2008.

And Katie Couric pioneered a successful public information campaign directed to prevention of all colorectal cancers.

Cancer research for cures (and long remissions) is a slow process while many people die waiting. There’s nothing anyone can do about that except to catch it early enough. This is often easier said than done :=(

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[quote=ocrenter][quote=njtosd]Has anyone on this board ever heard of the Marshmallow test? Here’s an article from the New Yorker that describes it in more detail: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=2

The gist of it is that 4 year olds were subjected to an experiment where they were offered a treat (cookie, marshmallow, etc.). The researcher told the child that he/she was going to leave the room, but if the treat was still there when the researcher returned, the child could have two of the treat. This was a basic test for delaying gratification. For various reasons, the researchers followed up with the test subjects much later in life and found that the kids’ ability to delay gratification hadn’t changed much over the years. Furthermore, the ones who had been able to resist the treat until the researcher returned were much more successful in life overall (higher achievement, higher SAT scores, etc.) This suggests that will power is established early on, important to a variety of life’s challenges, and, in my opinion, may well be inborn.[/quote]

did the kids that fail the test become obese alcoholics? =)[/quote]

According to the New Yorker article, according to the subjects own self report: “. . . low-delaying adults have a significantly higher body-mass index and are more likely to have had problems with drugs. . .”

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[quote=ocrenter][quote=njtosd]Has anyone on this board ever heard of the Marshmallow test? Here’s an article from the New Yorker that describes it in more detail: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=2

The gist of it is that 4 year olds were subjected to an experiment where they were offered a treat (cookie, marshmallow, etc.). The researcher told the child that he/she was going to leave the room, but if the treat was still there when the researcher returned, the child could have two of the treat. This was a basic test for delaying gratification. For various reasons, the researchers followed up with the test subjects much later in life and found that the kids’ ability to delay gratification hadn’t changed much over the years. Furthermore, the ones who had been able to resist the treat until the researcher returned were much more successful in life overall (higher achievement, higher SAT scores, etc.) This suggests that will power is established early on, important to a variety of life’s challenges, and, in my opinion, may well be inborn.[/quote]

did the kids that fail the test become obese alcoholics? =)[/quote]

According to the New Yorker article, according to the subjects own self report: “. . . low-delaying adults have a significantly higher body-mass index and are more likely to have had problems with drugs. . .”

[njtosd]

[quote=ocrenter][quote=njtosd]Has anyone on this board ever heard of the Marshmallow test? Here’s an article from the New Yorker that describes it in more detail: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=2

The gist of it is that 4 year olds were subjected to an experiment where they were offered a treat (cookie, marshmallow, etc.). The researcher told the child that he/she was going to leave the room, but if the treat was still there when the researcher returned, the child could have two of the treat. This was a basic test for delaying gratification. For various reasons, the researchers followed up with the test subjects much later in life and found that the kids’ ability to delay gratification hadn’t changed much over the years. Furthermore, the ones who had been able to resist the treat until the researcher returned were much more successful in life overall (higher achievement, higher SAT scores, etc.) This suggests that will power is established early on, important to a variety of life’s challenges, and, in my opinion, may well be inborn.[/quote]

did the kids that fail the test become obese alcoholics? =)[/quote]

According to the New Yorker article, according to the subjects own self report: “. . . low-delaying adults have a significantly higher body-mass index and are more likely to have had problems with drugs. . .”

[njtosd]

[quote=ocrenter][quote=njtosd]Has anyone on this board ever heard of the Marshmallow test? Here’s an article from the New Yorker that describes it in more detail: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=2

The gist of it is that 4 year olds were subjected to an experiment where they were offered a treat (cookie, marshmallow, etc.). The researcher told the child that he/she was going to leave the room, but if the treat was still there when the researcher returned, the child could have two of the treat. This was a basic test for delaying gratification. For various reasons, the researchers followed up with the test subjects much later in life and found that the kids’ ability to delay gratification hadn’t changed much over the years. Furthermore, the ones who had been able to resist the treat until the researcher returned were much more successful in life overall (higher achievement, higher SAT scores, etc.) This suggests that will power is established early on, important to a variety of life’s challenges, and, in my opinion, may well be inborn.[/quote]

did the kids that fail the test become obese alcoholics? =)[/quote]

According to the New Yorker article, according to the subjects own self report: “. . . low-delaying adults have a significantly higher body-mass index and are more likely to have had problems with drugs. . .”

[njtosd]

[quote=ocrenter][quote=njtosd]Has anyone on this board ever heard of the Marshmallow test? Here’s an article from the New Yorker that describes it in more detail: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=2

The gist of it is that 4 year olds were subjected to an experiment where they were offered a treat (cookie, marshmallow, etc.). The researcher told the child that he/she was going to leave the room, but if the treat was still there when the researcher returned, the child could have two of the treat. This was a basic test for delaying gratification. For various reasons, the researchers followed up with the test subjects much later in life and found that the kids’ ability to delay gratification hadn’t changed much over the years. Furthermore, the ones who had been able to resist the treat until the researcher returned were much more successful in life overall (higher achievement, higher SAT scores, etc.) This suggests that will power is established early on, important to a variety of life’s challenges, and, in my opinion, may well be inborn.[/quote]

did the kids that fail the test become obese alcoholics? =)[/quote]

According to the New Yorker article, according to the subjects own self report: “. . . low-delaying adults have a significantly higher body-mass index and are more likely to have had problems with drugs. . .”

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[quote=walterwhite]I saw the videos of the maramallow tests not sure where. They are hilarious, utterly hilarious to watch.[/quote]

Here’s a collection of clips of kids trying to keep from eating the marshmallow with a voice over discussing the correlations that have been found with the ability to delay eating the marshmallow – it’s fun to watch (appears to have been put together by CBS):

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[quote=walterwhite]I saw the videos of the maramallow tests not sure where. They are hilarious, utterly hilarious to watch.[/quote]

Here’s a collection of clips of kids trying to keep from eating the marshmallow with a voice over discussing the correlations that have been found with the ability to delay eating the marshmallow – it’s fun to watch (appears to have been put together by CBS):

[njtosd]

[quote=walterwhite]I saw the videos of the maramallow tests not sure where. They are hilarious, utterly hilarious to watch.[/quote]

Here’s a collection of clips of kids trying to keep from eating the marshmallow with a voice over discussing the correlations that have been found with the ability to delay eating the marshmallow – it’s fun to watch (appears to have been put together by CBS):

[njtosd]

[quote=walterwhite]I saw the videos of the maramallow tests not sure where. They are hilarious, utterly hilarious to watch.[/quote]

Here’s a collection of clips of kids trying to keep from eating the marshmallow with a voice over discussing the correlations that have been found with the ability to delay eating the marshmallow – it’s fun to watch (appears to have been put together by CBS):

[njtosd]

[quote=walterwhite]I saw the videos of the maramallow tests not sure where. They are hilarious, utterly hilarious to watch.[/quote]

Here’s a collection of clips of kids trying to keep from eating the marshmallow with a voice over discussing the correlations that have been found with the ability to delay eating the marshmallow – it’s fun to watch (appears to have been put together by CBS):

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[quote=njtosd]

Here’s a collection of clips of kids trying to keep from eating the marshmallow with a voice over discussing the correlations that have been found with the ability to delay eating the marshmallow – it’s fun to watch (appears to have been put together by CBS):

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Thanks for the link. I love experiments.
I wish I were one of those crazy scientists performing experiments at the turn of the 20th century.

[briansd1]

[quote=njtosd]

Here’s a collection of clips of kids trying to keep from eating the marshmallow with a voice over discussing the correlations that have been found with the ability to delay eating the marshmallow – it’s fun to watch (appears to have been put together by CBS):

[/quote]

Thanks for the link. I love experiments.
I wish I were one of those crazy scientists performing experiments at the turn of the 20th century.

[briansd1]

[quote=njtosd]

Here’s a collection of clips of kids trying to keep from eating the marshmallow with a voice over discussing the correlations that have been found with the ability to delay eating the marshmallow – it’s fun to watch (appears to have been put together by CBS):

[/quote]

Thanks for the link. I love experiments.
I wish I were one of those crazy scientists performing experiments at the turn of the 20th century.

[briansd1]

[quote=njtosd]

Here’s a collection of clips of kids trying to keep from eating the marshmallow with a voice over discussing the correlations that have been found with the ability to delay eating the marshmallow – it’s fun to watch (appears to have been put together by CBS):

[/quote]

Thanks for the link. I love experiments.
I wish I were one of those crazy scientists performing experiments at the turn of the 20th century.

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