Human Affective Neuroscience Lab
AT SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
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
Nov 8, 2024
Dr. Kim is on TV! He appeared on the Korean broadcasting network EBS to share his work on the neural mechanisms of anxiety. This episode is available on YouTube. [read more]
Oct 1, 2024
Daewon, Solha, Yurim and Anna are entering the 8th SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project program as Team Neurospark! [read more]
Sep 25, 2024
Yurim Lee join our lab as an undergraduate RA.
Sep 1, 2024
Anna Krey from Maastricht University joins our lab as a visiting undergraduate RA. Welcome to the HumAN lab!
Aug 13, 2024
Solha Hwang joins our lab as an undergraduate RA.
Jun. 20, 2024
Hayoung's paper has been accepted for publication in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience! This is our lab's first movie-watching fMRI study, made possible thanks to the pioneering work by Hayoung. [read more]
May 03, 2024
HumAN lab alum Nayoung's paper exploring the neural underpinnings of regulatory focus is published in PNAS Nexus! [read more]
May 01, 2024
Dr. Kim was awarded the KBSMC-SKKU Future Clinical Convergence Academic Research Program grant, which will support our research project entitled, Using neuroimaging-based biomarkers to predict cognitive functioning in bipolar disorder.
Mar 28, 2024
Bokyeong, Nahyeon, Jiheon and Daewon are entering the 7th SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project program as Team LOBE wins all! [read more]
Mar 23, 2024
Dr. Kim is the recipient of the Early Career Award from the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society! [read more]
Feb 13, 2024
Wonyoung's latest paper has been accepted to be published in Psychological Medicine! We show that an adaptative-to-maladaptive gradient of emotion regulation tendencies are embedded in the functional-structural hybrid connectome. [read more]
Jan. 30, 2024
We welcome Bokyeong as one of the latest to be accepted to the Combined Bachelors & Masters program!
Jan. 16, 2024
Dr. Kim's collaborative work with Dr. Andy Chen at NTU is published in Brain Imaging and Behavior. [read more]
Nov. 21, 2023
Dr. Kim was awarded the Sungkyun Research Fund, which will support our research project entitled, Decoding depressive symptoms with computer vision-based analysis of facial muscle dynamics.
Sep. 27, 2023
Seohyun, Lian and Jihye are Team New-ro Jeans, who will enter the 6th SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project program!
Sep. 20, 2023
Hayoung is the recipient of the honorary award from the SKKU Graduate Student Research Paper Awards! [read more]
Sep. 2, 2023
Dr. Kim's collaborative work linking real-world emotional reactivity, happiness, and corticolimbic circuits is accepted for publication at SCAN. [read more]
Aug. 27, 2023
Hayoung's first preprint is available at bioRxiv! Using movie-watching fMRI, Hayoung explored how our brain responds to characters with contrasting narrative roles. [read more]
Aug. 17, 2023
Congrats to Dr. Kim for receiving the SKKU Teaching Award! [read more]
We Are Attending
Dec. 6, 2024
Cognitive Science Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute
Presenters: Dr. Kim
Daegu, South Korea
Nov. 2, 2024
Korean Society of Human Brain Mapping
Presenters: Dr. Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Aug. 15-17, 2024
Korean Psychological Association
Presenters: Dr. Kim
Gyeongju, South Korea
Jun. 23-27, 2024
Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Presenters: E-Young
Seoul, South Korea
May. 23-24, 2024
Korean Society for Cognitive Science
Presenters: Dr. Kim
Seoul, South Korea
May. 21, 2024
Institute of Convergence Science, Yonsei University
Presenters: Dr. Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Apr. 10-13, 2024
Social Affective Neuroscience Society
Presenters: Chaebin, Sujin, Hayoung
Toronto, Canada
Feb. 1-3, 2024
Korean Society for Cognitive & Biological Psychology
Presenters: Seohyun with Lian, Jihye, Nahyeon
Seoul, South Korea
Nov. 24, 2023
Department of Psychology, Yonsei University
Presenters: Dr. Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Nov. 9, 2023
Department of Psychology, Lingnan University
Presenters: Dr. Kim
Hong Kong
Nov. 8-10, 2023
Developmental Affective Neuroscience Symposium
Presenters: Sujin, Chaebin
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Nov. 2, 2023
Interdisciplinary Program in Neurosciences, Seoul National University
Presenters: Dr. Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Invited Speakers & Guests
Aug. 9, 2023
Dr. Leehyun Yoon [lab]
Department of Psychology & Center for Vital Longevity, University of Texas at Dallas
Aug. 4, 2022
Dr. Youngbin Kwak [lab]
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Aug. 13, 2021
Dr. Pyungwon Kang
Department of Economics, University of Zurich