Editing Patience (section)

== Scientific perspectives ==
{{See also|Delayed gratification|Reward dependence|Reward system}}

In [[psychology]] and in [[cognitive neuroscience]], patience is studied as a [[decision-making]] problem, involving the choice of either a small reward in the short-term, versus a more valuable reward in the long-term.<ref>{{Cite journal| last1=Al-Ubaydli | first1=Omar | last2=Jones | first2=Garett | last3=Weel | first3=Jaap |year=2013|title=Patience, cognitive skill, and coordination in the repeated stag hunt.|journal=Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics|volume=6|issue=2|pages=71–96|doi=10.1037/npe0000005|url=https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/27723/1/MPRA_paper_27723.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722163151/https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/27723/1/MPRA_paper_27723.pdf |archive-date=2018-07-22 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In a 2005 study, [[common marmoset]]s and [[cottontop tamarin]]s 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 (botany)|gum]], a food product acquired by waiting for exudate to flow from trees, whereas tamarins feed on [[insect]]s, a food product requiring impulsive action. [[Foraging]] ecology, therefore, may provide a selective pressure for the evolution of self-control.<ref>{{cite journal|title= The ecology and evolution of patience in two New World monkeys|journal= Biology Letters|volume= 1|issue= 2|pages= 223–226|pmc= 1626214|year= 2005|last1= Stevens|first1= J.R.|last2= Hallinan|first2= E.V.|last3= Hauser|first3= M. D.|doi= 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0285|pmid= 17148172|url= https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3122487/Hauser_EcologyEvolutionPatience.pdf|access-date= 2018-11-04|archive-date= 2018-11-04|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181104213514/https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3122487/Hauser_EcologyEvolutionPatience.pdf?sequence=4|url-status= live}}</ref>

[[File:Abandonment rate of online video users for different Internet connectivities.jpg|thumbnail|Patience in waiting for a video to start is impacted by the Internet speeds that one is accustomed to.<ref name="people.cs.umass.edu">{{cite journal | url=https://people.cs.umass.edu/~ramesh/Site/HOME_files/imc208-krishnan.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113002725/http://people.cs.umass.edu/~ramesh/Site/HOME_files/imc208-krishnan.pdf |archive-date=2012-11-13 |url-status=live| title= Video Stream Quality Impacts Viewer Behavior|last1=Krishnan|first1=S. Shunmuga|last2=Sitaraman|first2=Ramesh K.|journal=ACM Internet Measurement Conference|date=November 2012}}</ref> Users accustomed to faster Internet connectivity (e.g., fiber) abandon a slow-loading video at a faster rate than users with slower Internet connectivity (e.g., cable or mobile).]]

Patience of human users in the online world has been a subject of research. In a 2012 study<ref name="people.cs.umass.edu"/> of tens of millions of users who watched videos on the Internet, Krishnan and [[Ramesh Sitaraman|Sitaraman]] showed that users lose patience in as little as two seconds while waiting for their chosen video to start playing.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sutter|first=John D.| url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/11/12/tech/web/video-loading-study/| title=Online viewers ditch slow-loading video after 2 seconds|date=12 November 2012|work=CNN| access-date=2014-07-03| archive-date=2018-06-12| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612171434/https://www.cnn.com/2012/11/12/tech/web/video-loading-study/| url-status=live}}</ref> Users who connect to the Internet at faster speeds are less patient than their counterparts at slower speeds, demonstrating a link between the human expectation of speed and human patience. These and other studies of patience led commentators to conclude that the rapid pace of technology is rewiring humans to be less patient.<ref>{{multiref2|1={{cite news | last=Yenigun|first=Sami| url =https://www.npr.org/2013/01/10/168974423/in-video-streaming-rat-race-fast-is-never-fast-enough/ |title= In Video-Streaming Rat Race, Fast is Never Fast Enough|date=10 January 2013 | website =[[NPR]] Morning Edition | access-date =2014-07-03 | archive-date =2014-07-14 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140714230354/http://www.npr.org/2013/01/10/168974423/in-video-streaming-rat-race-fast-is-never-fast-enough/ | url-status =live }}
|2= {{cite news | url =https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2013/02/01/the-growing-culture-impatience-where-instant-gratification-makes-crave-more-instant-gratification/q8tWDNGeJB2mm45fQxtTQP/story.html?s_campaign=8315 |title= Instant gratification is making us perpetually impatient|date=February 2013 | website =[[The Boston Globe]] | access-date =2014-07-03 | archive-date =2018-06-12 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142614/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2013/02/01/the-growing-culture-impatience-where-instant-gratification-makes-crave-more-instant-gratification/q8tWDNGeJB2mm45fQxtTQP/story.html?s_campaign=8315 | url-status =dead }}
|3= {{cite web| url= https://www.roughtype.com/?p=2069| title= Patience is a Network Effect|first= Nicholas |last=Carr| date= 11 November 2012| access-date= 4 July 2014| archive-date= 12 June 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143431/http://www.roughtype.com/?p=2069| url-status= live}} }}</ref>