NEWS & EVENTS

Updates

PUBLICATIONS

2/24/2026

New article in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience on prosocial behavior and well-being

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2/2/2026

Woojin and Prof. Sul publish new paper in Addictive Behaviors on social influence on smoking craving

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11/20/2025

New paper in Communications Psychology shows that happier individuals generate more spontaneous thoughts about relationships than money

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LAB NEWS

3/1/2026

Our lab has moved to the Department of Data Science at Hanyang University, Seoul

2/20/2026

Congratulations to Sunghwan (M.A.), and Donggun and Hyewon (B.A.) on their degrees!

11/30/2025

Sunghwan wins the Top Award at the KSPPA Winter Conference!

TALKS | CONFERENCES

1/29/2026

Our lab participated in the 2026 KSBNS Workshop, where Sunghwan presented his research.

11/30/2025

Lab members - Sunghwan, Woojin, Taein - presented their research at the KSPPA Winter Conference.

8/23/2025

Lab members participated in the 2025 Korean Psychological Association Conference, with presentations by Yuri, Taein, and Junho

MEDIA

12/19/2025

Study on happiness and spontaneous thoughts about friends vs. money featured in Science Magazine.

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11/20/2025

Prof. Sunhae Sul featured in CHANNEL PNU’s Talkpedia, sharing insights on youth anxiety and navigating uncertainty.

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1/23/2024

Our research on hedonic editing and happiness featured in Psychology Today.

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Prof. Sunhae Sul received a KSPPA award for her paper on beliefs about the distribution of happiness and subjective well-being.

Great news! Prof. Sul, has been awarded for her paper 'Belief in the distribution of happiness and subjective well-being' from Korean Social and Personality Psychological Association.

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Won-Gyo Shin received the Sejong Science Fellowship from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

Won-Gyo Shin (a post-doctoral researcher in our lab) has been selected to receive the 'Sejong Science Fellowship’ by National Research Foundation of Korea.

The Sejong Science Fellowship is a highly competitive program that supports rising researchers to achieve growth and stability in their careers.

She has also been selected to receive ‘2021 Post-Doc. Development Fellowship' of Pusan National University.

Congratulations!!! We look forward to Won-Gyo's great research :)

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Lab Members Selected for PNU-RENovation Research Support Programs.

Good news! :)

Our lab member, Junho Bang was selected 'PNU미래인재양성사업' by PNU-RENovation.

'PNU미래인재양성사업' is a project that supports the research of graduate students at Pusan National University, and Junho will carry out 'Social Neuroscience Research on Human Cooperation' research through this project.

And, Mijin, Seungmin and Gaeun was selected ‘SAM PNU-Junior(융합연구회지원사업)’ by PNU-RENovation.

‘SAM PNU-Junior’ is a project that supports the research society activities of undergraduate and graduate students in SAM field at Pusan National University.

congratulation! We hope that they continue great research through this project!

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Graduation and Next Steps of Lab Members from PNU.

Feb 21, 2020

Woojin, Junho and Sunghyun have graduated and received a Master of Arts from the department of psychology, Pusan National University.

In addion, our new member, Mijin, also graduated and received a bachelor of Arts from department of psychology, Pusan National University.

Junho and Mijin will continue to further their learning and pursue their degrees (Junho-Ph.D, Mijin-MA) in our lab.

Woojin is getting ready to study abroad. He decided to pursue his academic career in the field of Organizational Behavior, and has submitted applications and is waiting for the results.

Sunghyun decided to start the next chapter of his life in the working field. More specifically, he is interested in working for cosmetic distribution industry, which has been his personal interests all his life.

We sincerely congratulate them on their graduation and hope everything works out for them! :)

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Graduating students!

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with lab members :)

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Seungmin Lee celebrated her marriage with lab members, family, and friends.

Nov 17, 2019

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Hello~

This time, we want to share a blissful news from our lab.

Seungmin Lee, the Ph,D candidate in PSNL, got married on Nov. 17th.

Numerous guests, including her family and friends, members of PSNL, and other graduate students came and congratulated her marriage.

Our future cannot always be filled with happiness and joyful things. However, we believe that Seungmin and her husband will rely on each other and live happily after.

We wish this couple and their future the best :)

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Prof. Sunhae Sul received the Young Investigator Award from PNU.

May 14, 2019

Great news! :)

On May 14th, our lab director, professor Sul has been awarded ‘Young Investigator Award’, presented by Pusan National University.

We believe the best is yet to come, for professor Sul and our lab!

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Seungmin Lee became the first student in the lab to receive a master’s degree.

Feb 22, 2019

Seungmin Lee has become the first student from our lab, to receive a masters degree.

On February 22, 2019, She has received a Master of Arts from the department of psychology, Pusan National University.

She will continue to pursue her education as a doctoral candidate in our lab.

We sincerely congratulate her on getting the degree and hope that she accomplishes a lot of great research! :)

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seungmin and professor Sul :)

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Seungmin Lee passed her thesis review and became the first lab member on track to earn a master’s degree.

Jun 19, 2018

 Seungmin passed the academic thesis review on june 19, 2018! 

 She is the first member in our lab to receive  a master's degree. Her research focused on moral judgments. Specifically, she examined how group information affects people's moral judgment by dividing group information into transgressor's group membership and transgressed place. 
 We hope that she continues the great research, and eventually becomes a great researcher :)

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PNU Graduate-Undergraduate Study Group Grant.

Congratulations to Seungmin, Woojin, Seonghyeon and Sora for receiving PNU Graduate-Undergraduate Study Group Grant!

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