Cognitive control actually turned out to be astonishingly powerful as a predictor of life success — stronger than childhood IQ or even the social and economic statuses of the child's family.
Not exact matches
Kable adds that this research may require us to shift how we think about encouraging people to make more forward - looking choices, because self -
control involves «not just inhibiting temptations but
actually having the
cognitive wherewithal to evaluate the future.»
And grit is
actually one of the many abilities based on
cognitive control, or the capacity for keeping your attention where you want it to be.