NEWS & EVENTS
Updates
PUBLICATIONS
2/24/2026
New article in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience on prosocial behavior and well-being
2/2/2026
Woojin and Prof. Sul publish new paper in Addictive Behaviors on social influence on smoking craving
11/20/2025
New paper in Communications Psychology shows that happier individuals generate more spontaneous thoughts about relationships than money
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.
11/20/2025
Prof. Sunhae Sul featured in CHANNEL PNU’s Talkpedia, sharing insights on youth anxiety and navigating uncertainty.
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 :)
The lab hosted an SPM12-based fMRI analysis workshop at PNU.
Jun 1~2, 2018
We hosted 'fMRI analysis using SPM12 Workshop' at PNU on June 1~ 2, 2018
The workshop focused on fMRI research methods, which included lectures from Professor Sul and her students, Minhee Yoo and Junho Bang, and exercises based on actual data. Participants were comprised of professors and students from various universities, including Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and Duksung Women University. Participants' majors also were very diverse; psychiatry, sociology, and etc.
After the first day of workshop, everybody got together for a dinner and discussed about not only fMRI analysis, but also about various topics including new research ideas and cowork opportunities.
The workshop was very productive, both formal and informal wise. And we hope to be a part of workshops that we are given an opportunity to participate! (Especially when it is about a brain imaging techniques!).
Professor Sul is giving a lecture on fMRI.
Participants are practicing SPM12 using actual fMRI data.
Prof. Sunhae Sul’s research was featured by ScienceDaily and MedicalXpress.
Sep 13, 2017
Prof. Sul's research in Sciencedaily and Medicalxpress.
Sciencedaily : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170913084448.htm
Medicalxpress : https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-09-teens-ability-intentions-linked-brain.html
PSNL at the 2017 Korean Psychological Association Annual Conference.
Aug 17~19, 2017
Our lab attended the 2017 Annual Conference of Korean Psychological Association!
Seungmin presented a poster on moral judgment.
Prof. Sul gave a talk at a symposium on the replication crisis of social psychology.
Prof. Sul giving a talk.
Seungmin presenting her poster
PSNL members at the conference :)
Prof. Sunhae Sul published a Scientific Reports paper.
Aug 17, 2017
Prof. Sul published a new paper in Scientific Reports.
"Medial prefrontal cortical thinning mediates shifts in other-regarding"
Link : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-08692-6
Video : https://youtu.be/uLv5da5wvus
PSNL at the Yeongnam Brain Imaging Workshop (DGMIF).
Aug 11, 2017.
'영남권 뇌영상 연구자 워크샵'(Southeastern region Brainimaging Researcher Workshop) was held at DGMIF(Daegu Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation).
Prof. Sul presented our recent work on developmental neuroscience.
Presentation
PSNL members :)
Lab members participated in the 2017 KBRI Neuroethics Workshop.
Jul 28, 2017
KBRI Neuroethics Workshop 2017 was held at KBRI(Korea Brain Research Institute).
People from various fields discussed neuroethcis issues.
It was great opportunity to learn about Neuroethics.
Woojin's pic :)