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.
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.
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.
Cornell economist Kaushik Basu has been named president-elect of the International Economic Association. He will assume the position of president in 2017.
A new study finds that working-class men and women who struggle to plan for and access reliable contraceptives while middle-class couples are more likely to successfully contracept.