Host Ava Grey explores how the marshmallow test reveals self-control as a learnable skill. Discover strategies four-year-olds used to resist temptation—covering eyes, reframing treats as clouds—and how these map to adult techniques like attentional deployment and cognitive reappraisal. Waiting isn't willpower; it's strategy.

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