Hyemin Han

Dr. Hyemin Han is Associate Professor in Educational Psychology and Educational Neuroscience at the University of Alabama. As an interdisciplinary research interested in the improvement of education, Dr. Han conducts research projects in Social, Emotional, and EDucational (SEED) Neuroscience. His research interests include neuroscience of morality, socio-moral development, growth mindset, educational intervention, computational simulation, and professional ethics education. He uses multidisciplinary research methods, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), deep learning, longitudinal analysis, meta-analysis, and psychological intervention methods, examining the mechanisms of human social, affective, and motivational processes.

Dr. Han has studied the nature of human morality and moral development by using interdisciplinary research methods, including quantitative meta-analysis, neuroimaging, psychological intervention, and computational simulation methods, and how to apply findings from interdisciplinary experiments to improve the effectiveness of moral and character education. His dissertation examined the neural correlates of moral motivation with a meta-analysis and fMRI experiment, and designed educational interventions that target psychological processes identified by the aforementioned neuroimaging experiments. Moreover, Dr. Han is currently conducting neuroscientific studies related to developmental and educational psychological topics, including the invention of fMRI-compatible moral psychological surveys, validation of analysis methods for fMRI experiments within the context of social and educational neuroscience, and development of computational simulation methods for educational policy-making.