Welcome!
Welcome to the Human Affective Neuroscience (HumAN) lab! We are located at Sungkyunkwan University, in the heart of Seoul, South Korea. The overarching goal of our research is to understand the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms that underpin how we experience our own emotions and evaluate the emotions of others.
At the HumAN lab, we examine how different aspects of affective information are encoded, manipulated, and integrated in the brain. We also investigate individual differences in such processes on both behavioral and neural levels, and their implications for mental health. We combine experimental psychology, functional neuroimaging (fMRI), and computational tools to answer research questions pertaining to affective science.
Updates & Announcements
HumAN lab undergraduate RAs Wonyoung, E-Young, Chaebin, Sujin, Seohyeon and Hayoung have been selected to be supported by the SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project program.
Nayoung published her first paper that reviews task-based fMRI studies showing altered corticolimbic responsivity in GAD. [read more]
Dr. Kim was selected to receive the APS Rising Star award from the Association for Psychological Science. [read more]
Dr. Kim was interviewed by KUNEWS to discuss Zoom fatigue in the age of COVID-19. [read more]
We are thrilled to have Dr. Juyoen Hur from Yonsei University as our lab's first invited speaker! Dr. Hur will talk about her research on Feb. 1, 2021. [read more]
Wonyoung and Sujin have been accepted to the Combined Bachelor & Master (CBM) program. They will make the transition to graduate students in due course.
We Are Attending
Society for Affective Science (SAS)
*virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic
Korean Society for Neuropsychology Research
*virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic
Korean Society for Cognitive and Biological Psychology
Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
*virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic
Reading Emotions Symposium
Reading, UK
*virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic
Society for Affective Science (SAS)
San Francisco, CA, USA
*virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic