Extraverted schoolchildren serve more cereal to themselves - while youthful introverts take less - according to a study from the Cornell laboratory of Brian C. Wansink.
Psychologist Joseph Mikels studies how emotion interfaces with such cognitive processes as working memory and selective attention, and he applies this to decision making in the elderly.
A Cornell study has identified four strategies that restaurants use to reap higher wine sales: including the wine list on the food menu and listing prices without a dollar sign. (Dec. 9, 2009)
Native American dancers clad in leather and feathers danced to the beat of one drum as they showcased years of Native American history at the 10th annual Iroquois Smoke Dance held April 10. (April 12, 2010)
Sports historian Steven Riess, Northeastern Illinois University, will deliver the inaugural Harold Seymour Lecture in Sports History on April 21, discussing Seymour's writing of baseball history. (April 12, 2010)
Events on campus this week include a Mid-Autumn Festival of Asian culture, historical activities at Judy's Day, the annual Atkinson Forum with filmmaker Randy Olson, lectures, films and readings. (Sept. 15, 2011)
Events this week include Educate the Vote, with a panel discussion and live presidential debate screening; the annual Judy's Day at Cornell Plantations; lectures, exhibitions and classic films.
Since beginning his five-year appointment as the new director of the Africana Studies and Research Center in July, Don C. Ohadike has worked to enhance the 30-year-old center's position academically as well as socially.
Iris Morales, former minister of information for the Young Lords Party, a New York-based Puerto Rican political/social action group, has canceled her appearance.