Jinwoo Lee



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About me




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last update: Apr, 2025

I study affective neuroscience using computational frameworks and naturalistic paradigms. My research aims to elucidate how brain-body interactions construct complex affective experiences (e.g., ambivalent feelings, affect dynamics). I also try to extend neurobiological findings of human affect into relevant fields such as mental health, aesthetics, and AI. Ultimately, I am eager to overcome implicit conventions in affective science - static and dichotomic approaches to human emotion and establish a more nuanced framework to describe our daily affective experiences. To this end, I use naturalistic neuroimaging, machine learning, and system dynamics.

Curriculum Vitae



Education

2025.09 - | Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology
UC San Diego
Advisor: Dr. Eshin Jolly (UCSD, Psychology)


2022.09 - 2024.08 | M.S. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Seoul National University
Thesis: Awe is characterized as an ambivalent experience in the human behavior and cortex
Advisor: Dr. Jiook Cha (SNU, Psychology)
Committee: Dr. Sang Ah Lee (SNU, Brain and Cognitive Sciences)
                       Dr. Choong-Wan Woo (SKKU, Biomedical Engineering)

2016.03 - 2022.08 | B.A. in Psychology (Double: Aesthetics)
Seoul National Univerisity, Summa Cum Laude
Thesis: How we get pleasures from artworks - potential role of affective keyboard in the nucleus accumbens
Advisor: Dr. Jiook Cha (SNU, Psychology)




Research interest

      - ambivalent affect: e.g., “How does the brain integrate conflicting valence signals to shape mixed feelings?
      - affect dynamics: e.g., “Does certain affective state work as an ‘attractor’  in one’s emotional experiences?
      - mental health: e.g., “How does one’s mental health interact with temporal dynamics of affective states?
      - empirical aesthetics: e.g., “How can people get preference for displeasing and challenging artworks?

      ... and I'm also open to collaborations on other related topics!



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         Oct, 2024
      I have officially accepted the Ph.D. admission offer from UCSD Psychology! 🏫

      My co-first author paper was presented at the AAAI2025 Workshop AI for Music! 🎤

      I was awarded the Research Grant for Innovative VR Application ($14,500) for my post-ms project! 💰

      I oral-presented my master thesis at KHBM2024 and awarded the Best Presenter Award! 🏆

      My undergraduate thesis was officially published at Empirical Studies of the Arts! 📕
       


      Research Highlight

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      Revisiting Your Memory: reconstruction of affect-contextualized memory via EEG-guided audiovisual generation
      2025 | AAAI2025 Workshop | link
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      #affect_dynamics  #empirical_aesthetics
      Awe is characterized as an ambivalent experience in the human behavior and cortex: 
      integrated VR-EEG study

      2024 | under review | preprint
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      #ambivalent_affect  #affect_dynamics
      Stress vulnerability and resilience in children facing COVID-19-related discrimination:
      causal machine learning approach

      2024 | under review | preprint
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      #affect_dynamics  #mental_health
      The twofold role of subjective fluency in displeasing but preferable artworks: self-report and eye-tracking analysis
      2024 | Empirical Studies of the Arts | link
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      #ambivalent_affect  #empirical aesthetics




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