Social Sciences - Psychology

  • Assistant Professor Developmental Psychology (Aging)
  • CHO, ISU
    Lab The Aging, Brain, and (social) Cognitive Development Lab (ABCD Lab)

Research Interest

Aging psychology, Social cognition, Individual difference (culture, cognitive control)

Education

  • Developmental Psychology, The University of Western Ontario (Ph.D.)
  • Psychology, Yonsei University (M.A.)
  • Psychology, Yonsei University (B.A.)

Experience

  • 2024 - Present. Psychology, SKKU (Assistant Professor)
  • 2020 - 2023. Psychology, Brandeis University (Postdoctoral Associate)

Journal Articles

  • (2024)  Memory and aging across cultures.  CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY.  55,  N/A
  • (2023)  Intent-Based Moral Judgment in Old Age.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.  78,  7
  • (2023)  Culture, executive functions, and academic achievement.  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY.  14,  N/A
  • (2022)  Reasoning about mental states under uncertainty.  PLOS ONE.  17,  11
  • (2022)  Aging, empathy, and prosocial behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.  77,  4
  • (2021)  Disentangling language status and country-of-origin explanations of the bilingual advantage in preschoolers.  JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY.  212,  N/A
  • (2021)  Six-month-olds’ ability to use linguistic cues when interpreting others’ pointing actions.  INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT.  64,  N/A
  • (2021)  The bilingual advantage in children’s executive functioning is not related to language status: A meta-analytic review.  PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE.  32,  7
  • (2020)  Older adults consider others’ intentions less but allocentric outcomes more than young adults during an ultimatum game.  PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING.  35,  7
  • (2019)  Explaining age-related decline in theory of mind: Evidence for intact competence but compromised executive function.  PLOS ONE.  14,  9

Publications

  • (2023)  Society within the Brain: How Social Networks Interact with Our Brain, Behavior, and Health as We Age.  Cambridge University Press.  Co-author

Honors / Awards

  • Sallie P. Asche Travel Award Fund
  • 2023 Women in Cognitive Science Junior Research Networking Awards