NEWS & EVENTS
Updates
PUBLICATIONS
✨5/31/2026
Junho and Prof. Sul published a new paper in Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology on the relationship between risk-taking and social preferences.
✨5/28/2026
Junho and Prof. Sul published a new paper in PNAS on adolescents’ brain and peer network
4/5/2026
New article in Scientific Reports on early-stage orienting behavior and eye-tracking markers in ADHD
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
✈️5/27-5/30/2026
Our lab participated in the 2026 APS Annual Convention where Yuri, Junho, Woojin, and Donggun presented their research.
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1/29/2026
Our lab participated in the 2026 KSBNS Workshop, where Sunghwan presented his research.
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11/30/2025
Lab members - Sunghwan, Woojin, Taein - presented their research at the KSPPA Winter Conference.
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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.
Paper published in Frontiers in Psychology
Prof. Sul and Won-Gyo published a new paper in Frontiers in Psychology !!
"Individual differences in gaze-cuing effect are associated with facial emotion recognition and social conformity"
2023 KSAH analysis workshop (Busan)
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 :)
A public campaign talk 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
Mijin’s graduation (Master’s degree)
Mijin have graduated and received a Master of Arts from the department of psychology, Pusan National University.
In addition, she was awarded the Outstanding research achievement award for graduate students!
She is ready to embark on the new journey in the working field.
We sincerely congratulate her graduation and wish her all the best for her future endeavors! :)
Mijin receiving an award
with lab members !
Paper published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
Prof. Sul’s new paper is out on Frontiers in Psychiatry !
"On the relationship between the social brain, social connectedness, and wellbeing"
Appearance on TV program “Disaster and Survival (시사기획 창)”
Our lab participated in the current affairs planning window(시사기획 창), episode 393 <Disaster and Survival, The Power of Altruism>, which aired on November 1.
It includes an experiment conducted in our lab and an interview with the professor Sul.
Full video youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni06kKyVi2k
Paper published in Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology
Prof. Sul and Won-gyo published a new paper in Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology !!
“일상생활 사건에 대한 정서적 반응이 행복에 미치는 영향"
Link : https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/landing/article.kci?arti_id=ART002843914
Paper published in Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology
Prof. Sul and Junho published a new paper in Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology !!
“기부의 즐거움과 의미: 도움 제공자의 사회 가치 지향성에 따른 쾌락적 행복과 자기실현적 행복 경혐의 차이"
Link : https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/landing/article.kci?arti_id=ART002785126
An award received in a KSPPA
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.
A Preview Paper published in Neuron
Prof. Sul’s new preview is out on Neuron !!
"Human dorsomedial prefrontal cortex delineates the self and other against the tendency to form interdependent social representations"
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627321004700?dgcid=author