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
🎉6/29/2026
Congratulations to Woojin on being awarded a Doctoral Fellowship from the NRF! [Read more]
🎉6/27/2026
Taein is admitted to the University of Michigan Ph.D. program. Congratulations! [Read more]
3/1/2026
Our lab has moved to the Department of Data Science at Hanyang University, Seoul
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.
[Read more]
1/29/2026
Our lab participated in the 2026 KSBNS Workshop, where Sunghwan presented his research.
[Read more]
11/30/2025
Lab members - Sunghwan, Woojin, Taein - presented their research at the KSPPA Winter Conference.
[Read more]
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 Scientific Reports
Prof. Sul and Won-Gyo published a new paper in Scientific Reports !!
"Perceived financial well-being and its association with frontostriatal functional connectivity, real-life anticipatory experiences, and everyday happiness"
The 2023 lab picnic
On October 27, 2023.
PSNL held a workshop in Busan, South Korea.
We started by taking a walk along the trekking course by "Igidae (이기대 수변공원)". We enjoyed informal discussions about our lab, research, and many other topics.
After that, We had a lunch together and finished our workshop by introducing each members' own research at the cafe.
It was a great time to share good ideas with each other.
All the members' research was interesting, and We're looking forward for them to be published in papers!
Paper published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Prof. Sul, Mijin and Sunghyun published a new paper in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience!!
"Corticolimbic Structural Connectivity Encapsulates Real-World Emotional Reactivity and Happiness"
Link: https://academic.oup.com/scan/advance-article/doi/10.1093/scan/nsad056/7316661
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 !!
"정치 성향과 공리주의 성향, 뉴미디어 이용이 코로나19 방역 정책에 대한 태도에 미치는 영향"
The 26th KSBNS annual meeting (BEXCO)
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 :)
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"