Hyungwook Yim, PhD

Director

Hyungwook received his PhD in Developmental Psychology and Computational Modeling from the Ohio State University in 2015, where he worked with Vladimir Sloutsky. From 2016 to 2021, he was a Post-doctoral Research Fellow working with Simon Dennis, where he followed the lab from the University of Newcastle to the University of Melbourne in Australia. He is currently an Associate Professor in Cognitive Sciences at Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. As a computational cognitive scientist, his research focuses on specifying the mechanisms that enable us to learn and acquire knowledge, and understanding how these learning mechanisms change over time, through experience, and development. Methodologically, he has been examining human behavior, and building computational models that better explain these behavioral patterns.

Yura Choi, MS

Postmaster's Researcher

Yura received her B.A. in Psychology from San Francisco State University, and M.S. in Cognitive Science from Hanyang University, Seoul. She is interested in human memory and computational models to better understand human behaviors.

Joo Yun Ha, MS, MA, RD

Postmaster's Researcher

Joo Yun received her BA in Food and Nutrition from Hanyang University in 2014, MA in Cognitive Psychology from Sungkyunkwan University in 2017, and MS MA in Clinical Nurition from Hanyang University in 2024. Before joining the lab, she did an internship in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University and worked at a food tech company in Seoul (Wehuddling) as a Project Manager (UX & service planner). As a dietitian and cognitive psychologist wannabe, Joo Yun flies everywhere to learn about people's behavior toward food. She has founded 'Nutricious', an eating behavior education company, and is concurrently pursuing a Master's degree in Clinical Nutrition at Hanyang University. Her ultimate goal is to understand the mechanisms underlying eating behavior and to help people eat healthy without stress. She has founded 'nutricious studio’, an eating behavior consulting company, designing private nutrition and behavior plans based on individual lifestyle.

Jiyeon Park, BA

Lab. Manager

Jiyeon received her BA in Theater and Pedagogy from Kookmin University. She is mainly interested in how humans interact with AI or Robots (e.g., chatbots), based on social abilities such as empathy, prosocial behavior, or trust.

Sunwoo Moon,

UG Research Assistant

Sunwoo is an undergraduate student in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at Hanyang University. She is interested in applying cognitive science and computational methods to solve social issues.

Sejin Yoon,

UG Research Assistant

Sejin is an undergraduate student in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at Hanyang University. She is interested in human cognition and neuroscience. She ultimately wants to know the factors in the brain that make each person unique.

Seoni Park,

UG Research Assistant

Seoni is an undergraduate student in the School of Data Science at Hanyang University. She is interested in human cognition and its underlying mechanisms. She wants to study and solve diverse human issues from both psychological and neural perspectives.

Dayoon Lee,

UG Research Assistant

Dayoon is an undergraduate student in the School of Data Science at Hanyang University. She is interested in data analysis and building software to solve social problems.