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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The lab attended SANS 2024 in Toronto, where Yuri Kwon and Junho Bang presented posters.

Our PI, Professor Sul, Yuri, and Junho participated in the 2024 conference of SANS(the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society) held in Toronto, Canada (April 10th, 2024, ~ April 13th, 2024).
Yuri and Junho presented posters on their recent work.

Poster title:
Junho Bang: “Structural variations in the midcingulo-insula network predict individual differences in social preferences and social network position in adolescence”

Yuri Kwon: “Does hedonic happiness promote utilitarianism in moral dilemmas? A neurocomputational investigation on the relationship between happiness and moral decision-making”

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Prof. Sunhae Sul and Junho Bang participated in the Asian Advanced Workshop on Social Decision Making and Collective Intelligence in Tokyo.

Dec 16-17, 2023.

Professor Sul and Junho participated in the "Asian Advanced WS on Social Decision Making and Collective Intelligence", Which was held in Tokyo, Japan.

They met with researchers from East Asia, including Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore, and shared their perspectives regarding the topic of decision-making.

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The lab participated in the 2023 winter KSPPA conference, where Junho Bang presented his research.

Nov 17, 2023.

Our lab participated in the 2023 winter conference of Korean Social and Personality Psychological Association, held at Chungnam National University, South Korea.

Junho presented his research "The relationship between social brain structure, empathy, social preferences for distribution justice and social network position in adolescence (청소년기 사회적 뇌의 구조적 차이와 공감, 분배 정의 선호 및 사회 관계망 내 역할 사이의 관계)" at the Future Social and Personality Psychologist of the Year Competition.

He proudly won the first place in this competition.

Congratulation to Junho and We are so proud of him!

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Prof. Sunhae Sul gave an invited talk at an international conference hosted by Lingnan University.

Nov 8-10, 2023.

Professor Sul participated in the international conference in Lingnan university.

She was the speaker in the invited talk, where she presented the "Neural predictors of positive anticipatory experiences and subjective well-being".

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The lab participated in the 26th KSBNS annual meeting, where members presented posters and Prof. Sunhae Sul shared recent research.

Sep 6-8, 2023

Our lab director, Professor Sul, and members participated in the 26th annual Meeting of the KSBNS(Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences).

Junho and Won-gyo shared their research in the poster session.

Professor Sul presented the research "Social brain, social preferences, and peer relationships of adolescents" in the symposium.

We had a chance to learn about the brain in the perspective of multiple disciplines, and share our knowledge of social neuroscience with scholars from various fields.

Professor Sul in the symposium session.

Won-gyo is presenting her research with other scholars.

Junho smiling in front of his poster :)

Professor Sul and Junho smiling :)

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The lab held an analysis workshop in Busan with the Yonsei Social Networks and Neuroscience Lab.

on July 12~13, 2023.

Our lab and Yonsei Social Networks & Neuroscience lab(YSNNL) held Anlaysis Workshop in Busan, South Korea.

On the first day, Kiho Sung, a PhD candidate at YSNNL have introduced and demonstrated how to do Social Networking Analysis using the Pajek. Next day, Junho Bang, our lab member, introduced and demonstrated how to analyze fMRI data using the SPM12.

Both lecturers were very dexterous in sharing novel techniques to the audience, and all of us enjoyed sharing the knowledge and in a get-together time after the workshop.

We hope that opportunities like these would continue and expand in the future.

Kiho introduced Social Networking Analysis.

Junho introduced how to use the SPM12.

we had a great time :)

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Prof. Sunhae Sul discussed the psychological mechanisms of school violence in the documentary Bystander.

In the school violence prevention campaign documentary <Bystander>, Professor Sul, our PI, explained the underlying psychological mechanisms of school violence.

Full video youtube: https://youtu.be/XSmf_tJRGfk

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The lab participated in the 2019 fall KSPPA conference, where Junho Bang and Woojin Jung gave oral presentations.

Dec 7, 2019

PSNL members participated in the 2019 fall conference of Korean Social and Personality Psychological Association.

Junho and Woojin shared their research through an oral presentation .

The conference covered various topics in social psychology.

We were able to learn about ongoing researches conducted by fellow researchers all over the South Korea, Japan, and the world, and have productive discussion with them!

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Woojin presenting his research :)

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Junho smiling :)

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PSNL at the 5th Yeongnam Neuro-Cognitive Imaging Workshop (UNIST).

Aug 27, 2019

PSNL participated in the 5th Yeongnam Regional Neuro-Cognitive Imaging Workshop at UNIST.

At this workshop, Junho presented his research through a data blitz, as well as poster and received numerous feedbacks.

This workshop is where all neuroscience researchers in Yeongnam region gather and share their research through a presentation and discussion. We hope that such opportunities continue.

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The number of neuro-cognitive researchers in Yeongnam regions are progressively incrementing!

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Junho presenting his research :)

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The lab participated in the 2019 Korean Psychological Association annual conference and presented posters.

Aug 22-24, 2019

We participated in 2019 annual conference of Korean Psychological Association.

Like usual, our members participated in the poster presentation.

- Woojin Jung: “What makes minorities to speak out? Differentiating the effects of power and status.”

- Junho Bang: “Social value orientation modulates the effects of pleasure and meaning during charitable donation.”

Professor Sul was very busy in this conference, participating in various symposiums as both a host and a discussant.

The conference included variety of interesting topics, such as gambling, game addiction, and group decision making, etc. Through these presentations, we were able to expand our understanding of novel topics.

We can't wait to see what KPA will show us in 2020, and what we will be presenting there!

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PSNL members :)

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Woojin successfully presented his poster.

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Junho checking his poster.

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