Facial expressions are rooted in emotional responses that exploit how our eyes gather and focus light to detect an unknown threat, reports a study by neuroscientist by Adam Anderson in the journal Psychological Science.
A new study reports that advertising can result in “smart” false memories. That is, consumers who have a propensity to think more about decisions produce more false memories than those who process information at a more superficial level.
Noticing the lack of portraits of women around campus, Jordana Gilman '14 assembled an exhibition of 250 notable Cornell women - along with two mirrors so visitors can consider their place in Cornell history.
Broken by years of unsustainable growth and Congressional tinkering - and nearly broke, probably by 2016 - America’s program of Social Security Disability Insurance ought to keep partially impaired workers on the job, economists recommend.
Activist attorney Sandra Fluke '03 returned to campus March 1 for the annual meeting of the President's Council of Cornell Women and urged her audience to view women's rights as family rights and workers' rights.
The age at which people become sexually active is genetically influenced – but not when they grow up in stressful, low-income household environments, reports Jane Mendle, assistant professor of human development, in the journal Developmental Psychology.
