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Famous Cognitive Psychology Experiments That Failed to Replicate (aethermug.com)
5 points by zdw 6 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


I would like to mention that marshmallow experiment changed my life, ever since I was a child when I heard of it.

I was a child who would take the damn marshmallow. And I don’t even like marshmallows. After I internalized this lesson I became the kid who would get two marshmallows and trade them for something else I liked more.

Merely reflecting on the idea that patience and suppressing the compulsive urges gets you more of anything reworked my brain to be impervious to compulsive behavior.


A few on this list are interesting because they replicated some times and not others. I'd like to see a list of experiments that succeeded in replicating.




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