I'm Andy Kim, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Southern California.
This page was last updated on March 2024.
I completed my PhD in Neuroscience with Dr. Brian A. Anderson in the Learning & Attention Lab (Texas A&M University; Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences). I am currently working with Dr. Mara Mather in the Emotion & Cognition Lab (University of Southern California; School of Gerontology) and am funded by a National Institute on Aging NRSA Fellowship (F32-AG076288).
My research interests are to investigate how the locus coeruleus-noradrenaline (LC-NE) system modulates networks of attentional control, to determine the mechanisms by which arousal and aging alters the LC-NE system, and to characterize a functional brain measure that can predict likelihood to transition to prodromal stages of Alzheimer's disease during aging, prior to the observance of plasma biomarkers and the progression of substantial neurodegeneration. My research program incorporates a systems neuroscience and multimodal approach (EEG; pupillometry; eye movements; fMRI; structural MRI; plasma biomarkers; neurocognitive assessments).
My research expertise is in the following with selected publications.
Attention (Visual and Auditory; Eye Tracking)
Kim, A. J., & Anderson, B. A. (2022). Systemic effects of selection history on learned ignoring. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 29(4) 1347-1354.
Kim, A. J., Gregoire, L., & Anderson, B. A. (2021). Value-biased competition in the auditory system of the brain. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(1), 180-191.
Kim, A. J., Lee, D. S., & Anderson, B. A. (2021). Previously reward-associated sounds interfere with goal-directed auditory processing. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(7), 1257-1263.
Anderson, B. A., Kim, H., Kim, A. J., Liao, M-R., Mrkonja, L., Clement, A., & Gregoire, L. (2021). The past, present, and future of selection history. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 130, 326-350.
Arousal (Threat of Shock; Locus Coeruleus-Noradrenaline System)
Kim, A. J., Lee, D. S., & Anderson, B. A. (2021). The influence of threat on the efficiency of goal-directed attentional control. Psychological Research, 85, 980-986.
Kim, A. J., & Anderson, B. A. (2020). Arousal-biased competition explains reduced distraction by reward cues under threat. eNeuro, 7(4).
Kim, A. J., & Anderson, B. A. (2020). Threat reduces value-driven but not salience-driven attentional capture. Emotion, 20, 874-889.
Kim, A. J., & Anderson, B. A. (2020). The effect of concurrent reward on aversive information processing in the brain. NeuroImage. 217, 116890.
Aging & Alzheimer's Disease
Kim, A. J., Senior, J., Chu, S., & Mather, M. (in press). Aging leads to deficiencies in mechanisms of reactive distractor disengagement but proactive distractor inhibition is preserved. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Preprint available: psyarxiv.com/kvfst
Kim, A. J., & Mather, M. (Registered Report Stage 1 In-principle Acceptance). The effects of mindfulness meditation on mechanisms of attentional control in young and older adults. eNeuro. https://osf.io/u3b8n
Kim, A. J., Nguyen, K., & Mather, M. (under review). Eye movements reveal age differences in how arousal modulates saliency priority but not attention processing speed.
Nashiro, K., Yoo, H. J., Cho, C., Kim, A. J., et al. (2024). Heart rate and breathing effects on attention and memory (HeartBEAM): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in older adults. Trials, 25(1), 1-16.
Please view and download my CV here.
AndyCV.pdf