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In evolutionary [[psychology]] and in cognitive [[neuroscience]], patience is studied as a [[decision]]-making problem, involving the choice of either a small reward in a short span of [[time]], or a more valuable reward after a long period of time. All [[animal]]s, humans included, discount future rewards—the present value of delayed rewards is viewed as less than the [[value]] of immediate rewards.

In evolutionary [[psychology]] and in cognitive [[neuroscience]], patience is studied as a [[decision]]-making problem, involving the choice of either a small reward in a short span of [[time]], or a more valuable reward after a long period of time. All [[animal]]s, humans included, discount future rewards—the present value of delayed rewards is viewed as less than the [[value]] of immediate rewards.

In a 2005 study involving common marmosets and cottontop tamarins, both species faced a self-control [[paradigm]] in which [[individuals]] chose between taking an immediate small reward and waiting a variable amount of time for a large reward. Under these conditions, marmosets waited significantly longer for food than tamarins. This [[difference]] cannot be explained by life [[history]], social [[behaviour]] or [[brain]] size. It can, however, be explained by feeding [[ecology]]: marmosets rely on gum, a food product acquired by waiting for exudate to [[flow]] from trees, whereas tamarins feed on insects, a food product requiring impulsive action. Foraging ecology, therefore, may provide a selective pressure for the [[evolution]] of [[Self-mastery|self-control]].[1]

In a 2005 study involving common marmosets and cottontop tamarins, both species faced a self-control [[paradigm]] in which [[individuals]] chose between taking an immediate small reward and waiting a variable amount of time for a large reward. Under these conditions, marmosets waited significantly longer for food than tamarins. This [[difference]] cannot be explained by life [[history]], social [[behaviour]] or [[brain]] size. It can, however, be explained by feeding [[ecology]]: marmosets rely on gum, a food product acquired by waiting for exudate to [[flow]] from trees, whereas tamarins feed on insects, a food product requiring impulsive action. Foraging ecology, therefore, may provide a selective pressure for the [[evolution]] of [[Self Realization|self-control]].[1]

==Religious perspectives==

==Religious perspectives==