About the Authors

Eric M. Miller

ermiller@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Gregory M. Walton

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Carol S. Dweck

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Veronika Job

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Kali H. Trzesniewski

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Samuel M. McClure

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMM GMW CSD VJ SMM. Performed the experiments: EMM. Analyzed the data: EMM GMW CSD VJ KHT SMM. Wrote the paper: EMM GMW CSD VJ KHT SMM.