Nori Jacoby, assistant professor of psychology, has been awarded an NSF fellowship for a project to develop algorithms to more effectively harness the intelligence of crowds by improving the quality of collective evaluations
In a series of experiments, researchers in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business found that when people go along with opinions that go against their own, they feel more culpable for the decision if things go wrong than if they hadn’t received another opinion.
Cornell researchers are working to understand how robots can assist humans in dangerous and physically challenging environments, but the project, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, has been halted by a stop-work order.
Researchers found that even after factoring in education, experience, occupation and industry, the adjusted average hourly wage for women is $2.74 less than for men – and the gap widens with higher education.
Kimberly Kopko, a Cornell University expert on child development and parenting and the Director of The Parenting Project, cautions that while the harms of social media are known, the effectiveness of bans is not, and that more research is needed.
A team of researchers from Cornell Tech is reimagining how technology can support users with speech disabilities – not just in functional speech, but also in making real-time jokes during conversations.
A new book co-written by Cornell professor Qi Wang probes key issues on how our digital culture affects our memory, including recalling personal memories of events and information.
