Kyung Mook Choi, Ph.D.

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2019-

Department of Psychology

Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Area:

Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Brain Stimulation, Emotion Regulation, Social Decision-making

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Kyung Mook Choi, Ph.D.
July 2019

Research Professor
Laboratory of Social Decision Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.kr/citations?user=LH3VmeIAAAAJ&hl=ko
Frontiers: https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/230591/overview
E-mail: cpsymk@gmail.com, cpsymk@korea.ac.kr
Phone: (Mobile) +82-10-4507-2592

EDUCATION
Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2014 The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Ph.D. in Neurobiology (Affective Neuroscience)
Research advisor: Jeong-Ho Chae, M.D., Ph.D. (Psychiatrist)

Mar. 2006 – Nov. 2006 Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Ph.D. student in Cognitive Science (Vision Science)
Research advisor: Sang Chul Chong, Ph.D. (Psychologist)

Mar. 2001 – Feb. 2003 Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
M.S. in Cognitive Science (Cognitive Neuroscience)
Research advisor: Duk L. Na, M.D., Ph.D. (Neurologist)

Mar. 1993 – Feb. 2000 Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature and B.B.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jul. 2019 – Research Professor, Department of Psychology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. (PI: Hackjin Kim, Ph.D.)

Nov. 2017 – Dec. 2018 Research Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
(PI: Byoung Kyong Min, Ph.D.)

Sept. 2016 – Jan. 2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. (PI: Soo-Hee Choi, M.D., Ph.D. & Ki-Young Jung, M.D., Ph.D.)

Apr. 2015 – Aug. 2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. (PI: Seung-Lark Lim, Ph.D.)

Apr. 2010 – Apr. 2015 Researcher & Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. (PI: Jeong-Ho Chae, M.D., Ph.D.)

Apr. 2008 – Feb. 2010 Researcher, Department of Psychiatry, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. (PI: Jae-Jin Kim, M.D., Ph.D.)

Dec. 2001 – May 2007 Researcher, Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. (PI: Duk L. Na, M.D., Ph.D. (2001-2005), Chin Sang Chung, M.D., Ph.D. (2003-2005), & Seung Bong Hong, M.D., Ph.D. (2005-2007))

Mar. 2001 – Sept. 2001 Research assistant, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. (Dong Soo Lee, M.D., Ph.D., & Eunjoo Kang, Ph.D.)


DISSERTATION & THESIS
Choi KM. Influence of induced motion on line bisection performance in normal subjects. M.S. Thesis, 2002, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.
Choi KM. The effects of 3 weeks of rTMS treatment on P200 amplitude in patients with depression, Ph.D. Thesis, 2014, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

AWARDS & HONORS
Feb. 2006 Award for encouragement of research. Samsung Biomedical Research Institute.
Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2013 University Fellowship, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine.
Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2012 Hi Seoul Science Fellowship, Seoul Scholarship Foundation.
Sept. 2013 – Aug. 2014 BK21 Convergence Healthcare Science Program Fellowship, Ministry of Education, South Korea.

SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS
Korean Dementia Association, 2002 – present
Korean Brain Society, 2002 – present
Korean Society for Human Brain Mapping, 2008 – present
Social & Affective Neuroscience Society, 2014 – present

AD HOC REVIEWER
Frontiers in Psychology: Review editor, 2015 – present
Frontiers in Neural Circuits: Review editor (invited), 2016
Frontiers in Psychiatry: Review editor, 2019 – present

PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Choi KM, Choi SH, Lee SM, Jang KI, Chae JH. (2019). Three weeks of rTMS treatment maintains clinical improvement but not electrophysiological changes in patients with depression: A 6-week follow-up pilot study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 10, 351.
Choi KM,* Choi SH,* Hong JK, Lee MH, Jung JH, Oh SH, Jung DC, Kim SN. (2018). The effects of continuation-maintenance electroconvulsive therapy on reducing hospital re-admissions in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience. 16, 339-342 (* co-first authors).
Baek K, Kwon JH, Chae JH, Chung YA, Kralik JD, Min JA, Huh HJ, Choi KM, Jang KI, Lee NB, Kim S, Peterson BS, Jeong J. (2017). Heightened aversion to risk and loss in depressed patients with a suicide attempt history. Scientific Reports, 7, 11228.
Choi KM, Scott DT, Lim SL. (2016). The modulating effects of brain stimulation on emotion regulation and decision-making. Neuropsychiatric Electrophysiology, 2:4. Review.
Choi KM, Jang KM, Jang KI, Um YH, Kim MS, Kim DW, Shin D, Chae JH. (2014). The effects of 3 weeks of rTMS treatment on P200 amplitude in patients with depression. Neuroscience Letters, 577, 22–27.
Choi KM, Shin D, Chae JH. (2013). The clinical applications and the electroencephalogram effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology, 24, 160-171. Review.
Choi KM, Min JA, Park GH, Lee SH, Chae JH. (2011). The effects of Horizontal Eye Movement on mental health indices and psychophysiological activities in healthy subjects. Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 18, 148-158.
Choi SH, Park IH, Ku J, Choi KM, Park M, Kim JJ. (2010). Comparison of the characteristics of anhedonia between patients with schizophrenia and depressive disorder. Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association, 49, 570-577.
Jung KY, Cho JW, Joo EY, Kim SH, Choi KM, Chin J, Park KW, Hong SB. (2010). Cognitive effects of topiramate revealed by standardised low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA) of event-related potentials. Clinical Neurophysiology, 121, 1494-501.
Choi KM, Yoon Y, Kim JJ. (2009). Meaning and application of ambivalence and its neural substrates in schizophrenia. Korean Journal of Schizophrenia Research, 12, 15-23. Review.
Lee BH, Suh MK, Kim EJ, Seo SW, Choi KM, Kim GM, Chung CS, Heilman KM, Na DL. (2009). Neglect dyslexia: frequency, association with other hemispatial neglects, and lesion localization. Neuropsychologia, 47, 704-710.
Lee BH, Kim EJ, Ku BD, Choi KM, Seo SW, Kim KM, Chung CS, Heilman KM, Na DL. (2008). Cognitive impairments in patients with hemispatial neglect from acute right hemisphere stroke. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 21, 73-76.
Choi KM, Lee BH, Lee SC, Ku BD, Kim EJ, Suh MK, Jeong Y, Heilman KM, Na DL. (2007). Influence of moving background on line bisection performance in the normal elderly versus patients with hemispatial neglect. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 86, 515-526.
Park KC, Lee BH, Kim EJ, Shin MH, Choi KM, Yoon SS, Kwon SU, Chung CS, Lee KH, Heilman KM, Na DL. (2006). Deafferentation-disconnection neglect induced by posterior cerebral artery infarction. Neurology, 66, 56-61.
Choi KM, Ku BD, Jeong Y, Lee BH, Ahn HJ, Kang SJ, Chin J, Heilman KM, Na DL. (2005). The influence of illusory motion on line bisection performance in normal subjects. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 881–888.
Kim EJ, Lee BH, Park KC, Choi KM, Na DL. (2004). A sensitive way to demonstrate subtle optic ataxia. European Neurology, 52, 176-178.

Manuscripts in Preparation
Min BK, Cho E, Ahn MH, Choi KM. (in prep). Top-down neurodynamic evidence of the country-of-origin effect on design preference. Behavior Research Methods
Kim MJ, Choi KM, Shin JE, Lee H, Kim JC, Kim JJ, Choi SH. (in prep). Deficit of Parasympathetic Tone during Attentional Bias to Social Threat in Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder.
Choi KM, Jang KI, Min JA, Chae JH. (in prep). Gender differences in the correlation between cognitive reappraisal and alpha band power in EEG.
Kim M,* Choi KM,* Jang KI, Chae JH. (in prep). Changes of physiological state by swearing in adolescents: a pilot study using heart rate variability and EEG. (* co-first authors).
Scott DT, Choi KM, Martin LE, Catley D, Lim SL. (in prep). Nicotine deprivation's effect on smoker's ability to inhibit responses to smoking cues.
Lim SL, Scott DT, Choi KM, Martin LE, Catley D. (in prep). Neural effects of stress on trial-by-trial smoking decisions.
Choi KM, Scott DT, Lim SL. (in prep). The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on emotion regulation and decision-making
Min BK, Choi KM, Kim HS, Ahn MH. (in prep). Enhanced working-memory performance by cross-frequency coupled transcranial alternative current stimulation.

Conference Presentations
Min BK, Choi KM, Kim HS, Ahn MH. (March 2019. Enhanced working-memory performance by cross-frequency coupled transcranial alternative current stimulation. The 26th Annual Meeting of Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, USA.
Choi KM, Min BK. (June 2018). Non-invasive neuromodulation. Talk presented at the Annual Conference of the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, Jeju, Korea.
Choi KM, Choi SH, Lee SM, Jang KI, Chae JH, Min BK. (Jan. 2018). A six-week follow-up study of three-week rTMS treatment of patients with depression. Poster presented at Brain and Artificial Intelligence Symposium of Brain Engineering Society of Korea, Hoengseong, Gangwon, Korea.
Choi KM, Choi SH, Lee SM, Jang KI, Chae JH. (Nov. 2017). Three weeks of rTMS treatment maintains clinical ratings but not electrophysiology of patients with depression: a 6 weeks of follow-up study. Poster presented at the Fall Meeting of the Korean Society for Human Brain Mapping. Seoul, Korea.
Lim SL, Scott DT, Choi KM, Martin LE, Catley D. (Apr. 2016). Neural effects of stress on trial-by-trial smoking decisions. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society. New York City, New York, USA.
Scott DT, Choi KM, Martin LE, Catley D, Lim SL (Mar. 2016). Measuring smokers’ inhibitory control to smoking cues by a novel mouse trajectory tracking method. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Choi KM, Jang KI, Min JA, Chae JH. (Apr. 2015). Gender differences in the correlation between cognitive reappraisal and alpha band power in EEG. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Choi KM, Jang KI, Huh HJ, Baek KH, Kim SY, Lee SM, Seo HJ, Chae JH. (Mar. 2015). The effects of 3 weeks of rTMS treatment on P200 amplitude in patients with depression. Poster presented at the 1st International Brain Stimulation Conference. Singapore.
Choi KM, Jang KM, Jang KI, Um YH, Kim MS, Kim DW, Chae JH. (Apr. 2014). The effects of 3 weeks of rTMS treatment on P200 amplitude in patients with depression. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association. Seoul, Korea.
Choi KM, Jang KM, Jang KI, Kim MS, Chae JH. (Apr. 2014). The effects of long-term rTMS on neuronal plasticity using event-related potential in patients with depression. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Choi KM, Jang KM, Jang KI, Kim MS, Chae JH. (Nov. 2013). The effects of long-term rTMS on neuronal plasticity using event-related potential in patients with depression. Poster presented at 2013 Annual Meeting of the Korean Academy of Anxiety Disorders. Seoul, Korea.
Choi KM, Jang KI, Chae JH. (Sept. 2013). The effects of long-term rTMS on neuronal plasticity using event-related potential in patients with depression. Poster presented at 2013 Cognitive Neuroscience Conference. Seoul, Korea.
Baek K, Kwon JH, Chae JH, Min JA, Choi KM, Jang KI, Lee NB, Jeong J. (Oct. 2012). Impaired risky decision making in depressed patients with and without suicide attempt history. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience. New Orleans, LA, USA.
Choi KM, Jang KI, Min JA, Chae JH. (Sept. 2012). Changes of EEG and heart rate variability by swearing. Poster presented at 2012 Cognitive Neuroscience Conference. Seoul, Korea.
Kwon JH, Baek K, Chae JH, Yang PS, Min JA, Choi KM, Jang KI, Lee NB, Jeong J. (June. 2012). Neural substrates of probability discounting and enhanced risk-aversion in depressed patients. Poster presented at Organization for Human brain mapping. Beijing, China.
Choi KM, Jang KI, Min JA, Chae JH. (Nov. 2011). Changes of EEG and heart rate variability by swearing. Poster presented at the Fall Meeting of the Korean Society for Human Brain Mapping. Seoul, Korea.
Choi KM, Jang KI, Lee SY, Min JA, Chae JH. (Sept. 2011). The correlation between cognitive reappraisal and alpha band power. Poster presented at 2011 Cognitive Neuroscience Conference. Seoul, Korea.
Choi KM, Jang KI, Lee SH, Chae JH. (Aug. 2011). The effect of horizontal eyeball movement (HEM) on mental health indices and psychophysiological activities in healthy subjects. Poster presented at the 21st World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine. Seoul, Korea.
Choi KM, Min JA, Park GH, Lee SH, Chae JH. (Jun. 2011). The effect of Horizontal Eyeball Movement (HEM) on mental health indices and psychophysiological activities in healthy subjects. Poster presented at 2011 Annual Meeting of the Korean Academy of Anxiety Disorders. Seoul, Korea.
Lee NB, Han SY, Choi KM, Lee SY, Min JA, Lee CW, Chae JH. (Apr. 2011). The effect of sea spa therapy combined with stress and mental management program. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association. Seoul, Korea.
Choi KM, Min JA, Park GH, Lee SH, Chae JH. (Apr. 2011). The effect of Horizontal Eyeball Movement (HEM) on mental health indices and psychophysiological activities in healthy subjects. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association. Seoul, Korea.
Choi KM, Lee SY, Min JA, Chae JH. (Apr. 2011). The correlation between cognitive reappraisal and alpha band power. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association. Seoul, Korea.
Lee KU, Choi KM, Kim YR, Chae JH. (Sept. 2010). Neural mechanism of emotion processing using attention shift task. Poster presented at 2010 Cognitive Neuroscience Conference. Seoul, Korea.
Kim JJ, Choi KM, Chun JW, Park HJ. (Apr. 2010) Characteristics of brain activation during the processing of conflicting emotional stimuli in patients with schizophrenia: An fMRI study. Poster presented at the 2nd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Conference. Florence, Italy.
Choi KM, Chun JW, Park HJ, Kim SJ, Kim JJ. (Oct. 2009). Characteristics of brain activation during the processing of conflicting emotional stimuli in patients with schizophrenia: An fMRI study. Poster presented at the Fall Meeting of the Korean Academy of Schizophrenia. Seoul, Korea.
Kim JJ, Park HJ, Park IH, Chun JW, Choi DB, Choi KM. (Oct. 2008). The brain response of emotional ambivalence on the emotional discrimination in schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 51th Annual Meeting of the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association. Seoul, Korea.
Han SJ, Choi KM, Kim SH, Joo EY, Jung KY, Hong SB. (Jun. 2007). Effect of Zonisamide on auditory and visual P300 in newly diagnosed epilepsy patients. Talk presented at the 12th Spring Meeting of the Korean Epilepsy Society, Seoul, Korea.
Oh S, Choi KM, Cho J-W, Lee JH, Joo EY, Seo DW, Hong SB. (Jun. 2007). Effects of Zonisamide on cognition in drug naive patients with epilepsy. Poster presented at the 12th Spring Meeting of the Korean Epilepsy Society, Seoul, Korea.
Lee BH, Kim EJ, Choi KM, Seo SW, Moon SY, Na DL. (Feb. 2007). Mini-Mental State Examination in right hemisphere stroke with or without hemispatial neglect. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Choi KM, Joo EY, Chin J, Han SJ, Jung KY, Seo DW, Hong SB. (Dec. 2006). The effect of topiramate on cognitive functions in epilepsy patients. Poster presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, San Diego, California, USA.
Cho JW, Han SJ, Kim SH, Choi KM, Joo EY, Hong SB. (Oct. 2006). Measurement of P300 in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome, Poster presented at the 1st Annual Meeting of the Korean Association of Sleep Societies, Seoul, Korea.
Choi KM, Joo EY, Kim SH, Kim YN, Han SJ, Hong SB. (Oct. 2006). Cognitive dysfunction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Talk presented at the 1st Annual Meeting of the Korean Association of Sleep Societies, Seoul, Korea.
Jung KY, Choi KM, Kim SH, Kim DY, Cho J-W, Han SJ, Seo DW, Hong SB. (Jun. 2006). Effect of Topiramate and Lamotrigine on cognitive ERP in drug naive epilepsy patients: SnPM analysis of LORETA. Talk presented at the 11th meeting of the Korean Epilepsy Society, Gyeongju, Korea.
Choi KM, Joo EY, Chin J, Han SJ, Jung KY, Seo DW, Hong SB. (Jun. 2006). The effect of topiramate on cognitive functions in epilepsy patients. Poster presented at the 11th meeting of the Korean Epilepsy Society, Gyeongju, Korea.
Ku BD, Lee BH, Kim EJ, Choi KM, Suh MK, Na DL. (Jun. 2005). Does pseudoneglect affect driving? Evaluation of vehicle laterality in simulated driving. Poster presented at the 15th meeting of the European Neurological Society, Vienna, Austria.
Chung CS, Kim DH, Kim HJ, Choi KM, Park HS. (Feb. 2004). An open label trial of Topiramate for frequent refractory migraines and chronic daily transformed migraine. Poster presented at the 17th annual practicing physician’s approach to the difficult headache patient. Rancho Mirage, California, USA.
Ku BD, Shin YK, Kim JH, Song SS, Lee CH, Lee BH, Kim EJ, Choi KM, Park KC, Na DL. (Oct. 2004). Does pseudoneglect affect driving?: evaluation of vehicle laterality in simulated driving. Talk presented at the 23th Annual Meeting of the Korean Neurological Association, Seoul, Korea.
Choi KM, Lee BH, Ku BD, Kim EJ, Park KC, Kang SJ, Na DL. (Oct. 2004). Comparison of performance in neglect tests in patients with anterior versus posterior lesion. Poster presented at the 23th Annual Meeting of the Korean Neurological Association, Seoul, Korea.
Kim EJ, Lee BH, Park KC, Choi KM, Na DL. (Oct. 2003). Optic ataxia in a patient with presenile Alzheimer’s disease. Poster presented at the 22th Annual Meeting of the Korean Neurological Association, Seoul, Korea.
Choi KM, Jeong Y, Lee BH, Ahn HJ, Baek MJ, Kang SJ, Chin J, Na DL. (Mar. 2003). Influence of motion illusion on line bisection performance in normal subjects. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Choi KM, Jeong Y, Lee BH, Ahn HJ, Baik MJ, Kang SJ, Chin J, Na DL. (Oct. 2002). Influence of induced motion on line bisection performance in normal subjects. Talk presented at the 21th Annual Meeting of the Korean Neurological Association, Seoul, Korea.

Essay
Choi KM. (Mar. 1995). About religion & Vigyana Bhairava Tantra – The oldest thought on life that we have experienced in the modern world. The Sungkyun Times.

GCP (GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE) TRAINING COURSE
May 18, 2010 The Catholic University of Korea, Catholic Medical Center
July 31, 2012 The Catholic University of Korea, Catholic Medical Center
July 28, 2014 The Catholic University of Korea, Catholic Medical Center
Dec. 8, 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) TRAINING
Apr. 2015 Certified CITI trained in Social-Behavioral and Biomedical Research (Human Subjects)

TEACHING
Mar. 2018 Invited Section Lecture, Neuromodulation: brain stimulation using TMS and tCS, Introduction to Brain Waves. Korea University, Seoul, Korea (Prof. Byoung-Kyong Min)
Mar. 2006 Invited Section Lecture, Cognitive Neuroscience: Neuroimaging and Cognitive Dysfunction, Introduction to Cognitive Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Prof. Sang Chul Chong)
Nov. 2002 Invited Section Lecture, Perception & Encoding part (Cognitive Neuroscience - The Biology of the Mind) by Gazzaniga, Ivry, & Mangun (2nd Edition), Sogang University, Seoul, Korea (Prof. Sook-Hwan Cho)

REFERENCES
Duk L. Na, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro Kangnam-ku Seoul, 135-710, Korea. TEL: 82-2-3410-3591, 3599, FAX: 82-2-3410-0052, E-mail: dukna@skku.edu, dukna@naver.com
Jeong-Ho Chae, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-701, South Korea Tel: 82-2-2258-6083, Fax: 82-2-594-3870, E-mail: alberto@catholic.ac.kr
Seung-Lark Lim, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5030 Cherry St, room 355, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA, TEL: 1-816-235-1067, Email: limse@umkc.edu
Soo-Hee Choi, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital 101, Daehak-Ro, Jongno-Gu, Seoul 03080, South Korea, TEL: 82-10-8716-3881, Email: soohchoi@snu.ac.kr
Byoung-Kyong Min, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea, Tel: +82-2-3290-5928, Email: min_bk@korea.ac.kr
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