Social & Behavioral Sciences

Gist, not rational analysis, cuts risky behavior

A new study finds that teaching adolescents to think more simply and categorically about risks helps them make healthier choices.

Like the flu shot, message inoculation won't last forever

Just as influenza vaccines employ a weakened virus to stimulate the immune system and produce antibodies against the real thing during flu season, message inoculation – with a weakened form of the other side’s argument – should arm the public with anti-baloney sentiments against persuasive messages in the future.

'Involuntary excluders' aren't always in cahoots

Study shows that most people not only blame the person doing the excluding, but also blame the one who was included by the excluder.

Accents impact workplace and consumer choices

An ILR School study finds that speaking accents affect an individual's evaluation and impact perceptions of competence.

Sense of purpose might ease diversity anxiety

Envisioning an increasingly diverse America causes anxiety for a lot of white people, except, that is, whites with a defined “purpose in life,” a Cornell-Carleton University psychology study has found.

Global financial crises are recalibrating 'American Power'

International financial crises are altering "American Power," Jonathan Kirshner claims in his most recent book.

A crash course in business for veterans

The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities is bringing veterans interested in the hospitality industry to campus to learn how to start and run their own businesses.

Constitutional scholar looks at who can and cannot vote

Constitutional scholar Sanford Levinson looked at who can and cannot vote due to a variety of laws and rules in a campus talk Sept. 29.

Kaushik Basu heads International Economic Association

Cornell economist Kaushik Basu has been named president-elect of the International Economic Association. He will assume the position of president in 2017.