Jinhee Kim

Research Professor

Behavioral Science Research Institute

Biography

I am a cognitive neuroscientist studying how the brain and body jointly shape human behavior in social environments.

My academic journey began with a focus on the neuropsychological mechanisms of reward processing (Ph.D., Psychology, under the supervision of Prof. Eunjoo Kang), followed by research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University of Toronto, in Prof. Antonio Strafella’s lab, where I identified multimodal neuroimaging biomarkers relevant to neurodegenerative disorders.

I am currently a Research Professor at the Social & Decision Neuroscience Lab (SDN Lab), Korea University, directed by Prof. Hackjin Kim. My research is built on two synergistic pillars: (1) investigating how interoceptive signals shape human decision-making, and (2) identifying cardiac biomarkers associated with self-esteem imbalance.

By integrating wearable physiology, Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA), and neuroimaging, I aim to construct a neuro-computational framework of social evaluation and self-regulation, with a particular focus on interoception and cardiac biomarkers relevant to self-esteem dynamics.

Interests

Social evaluation & self-esteem regulation
Interoception & brain–body dynamics
Wearables & EMA for digital mental health

Recent Publications

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Kim, J., Lee, D., Kim, M., Kim, H.. Cardiac Signatures of Social Feedback-Induced Bias: Insights from Inter-Subject Representational Similarity Analysis. Manuscript under review, 2025.

Kim, J., Lim, G., Chae, J., Kim, H.. Social Comparison During Social Evaluation: Experimental Study With a Smartphone App and Wearable Devices. Manuscript under review, 2025.

Kang, H., Kim, K., Kim, J., Kim, H.. Neural representations in MPFC and insula encode individual differences in estimating others’ preferences. Soc. Cogn. Affect. Neurosci., 2025.

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Kim, J., Lee, M., Chae, J., Lim, G., Kim, M., Kim, H.. Exploring automatic approach-avoidance tendencies: the impact of self-relevant social feedback on behavior. Front. Psychol., 2025.

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Moon, H.†, Kim, J.†, Kim, G., Chae, J., Kim, H., Kim, T, Hur, J-W. Neural Correlates of Early- and Late-Onset Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Distinctions in Resting-State Functional Connectivity. Manuscript under review, 2025.

Park, S.-E., Chung, J., Lee, J., Kim, M. J. B., Kim, J., Jeon, H. J., Kim, H., Woo, C., Kim, H., Lee, S. A.. Digital assessment of cognitive-affective biases related to mental health. PLOS Digit. Health, 2024.

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Choi, J. C., Park, H. J., Park, J. A., Kang, D. R., Choi, Y. S., Choi, S., Kim, J.*. The increased analgesic efficacy of cold therapy after an unsuccessful analgesic experience is associated with inferior parietal lobule activation. Sci. Rep., 2022.

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Green, D. G. J., Westwood, D. J., Kim, J., Best, L. M., Kish, S. J., Tyndale, R. F., McCluskey, T., Lobaugh, N. J., Boileau, I.. Fatty acid amide hydrolase levels in brain linked with threat-related amygdala activation. NeuroImage Rep., 2022.

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Diez-Cirarda, M., Gabilondo, I., Ibarretxe-Bilbao, N., Gómez-Esteban, J. C., Kim, J., Lucas-Jiménez, O., Del Pino, R., Peña, J., Ojeda, N., Mihaescu, A., Valli, M., Acera, M. A., Cabrera-Zubizarreta, A., Gómez-Beldarrain, M. A., Strafella, A. P.. Contributions of sex, depression, and cognition on brain connectivity dynamics in Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinsons Dis., 2021.

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Green, D. G. J.†, Kim, J.†, Kish, S. J., Tyndale, R. F., Hill, M. N., Strafella, A. P., Tong, J., McCluskey, T., Westwood, D. J., Houle, S., Lobaugh, N. J., Boileau, I.. Fatty acid amide hydrolase binding is inversely correlated with amygdalar functional connectivity: a combined positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging study in healthy individuals. J. Psychiatry Neurosci., 2021.

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Projects

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Recent news/blog posts

Jun 6, 1016 1 min read

Awarded an Individual Basic Research Grant(24'-26')

Jinhee Kim, a research professor in the LSD Lab at Korea University, has been awarded an Individual Basic Research Project to support an independent research study on social decision-making associated with interoception. This project aims to investigate the neural mechanisms of social decision-making through an integrated brain–body interaction framework. By combining multimodal neuroimaging and physiological measurements, the study examines how interoceptive sensitivity grounded in brain–body dynamics shapes social decision-making processes.

Jun 6, 1016 1 min read

Awarded an Individual Basic Research Grant(21'-23')

Jinhee Kim, a research professor in the LSD Lab at Korea University, has been awarded an Individual Basic Research Project to support an independent research study on social decision-making in depression. This project aims to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying social decision-making processes associated with depression, using multimodal neuroimaging and non-invasive brain stimulation methods. This research is supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Education.

Aug 8, 17176 1 min read

Awarded the Jaeil Kim Young Scholar Award

Jinhee Kim has been awarded the Kim Jae-Ill Young Investigator Paper Award by the Korean Psychological Association.

The award recognizes outstanding research contributions by early-career scholars in psychology.

Jul 7, 1016 1 min read

The CAMH Discovery Fund

I received a postdoctoral fellowship awarded by the Discovery Fund Talent Development Competition.

Jun 6, 6066 1 min read

Mimi and Charles Hollenberg Research Award

I won an award at the annual Mimi and Charles Hollenberg Research Competition of the Department of Medicine of Mount Sinai Hospital and the University Health Network (the second prize for Category 4. Reports of research projects of a mechanistic mature).

Contact

jinhee_kim@korea.ac.kr
(02) 3290-1636
Old Building Room 402, Korea University Law Building, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea