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Title:
Scientific Secrets for Self-Control. Episode 3 Marshmallows, Monkeys, and Mortality [digital video].
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Publication Date:
2013
2025
Publication Information:
The Great Courses, 2013.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2025.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
In this lecture, go inside the famous marshmallow experiment at Stanford University and its revelations about delayed gratification; learn how delaying gratification is important even for primates and dogs; and probe general differences in self-control and its effects on everything from mental health to wealth accumulation to an early death.
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Title from title frames.
Film
Performers:
C. Nathan DeWall
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Language:
English
Electronic Access:
Access immediately on Kanopy
