Close menu

Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,1 min

The Marshmallow Effect: how self-control affects your whole life

The Forum

Available for over a year

Walter Mischel: why children who can delay eating candy turn into more successful adults (Photo: Marshmallow jars. Credit: Getty Images)

Programme Website
More episodes