Identifying Careless Responding in Personality Assessment Using Item-level Prediction Approach. (In Press) manuscript
Prolonged Prefrontal Responsivity after Autobiographic Recall of Social Exclusion in Individuals with Borderline Personality Trait. (Under Review)
Exploring the Temporal Dynamics of Interpersonal Variability and Personality Functioning at Within- and Between-Person Levels. (Under Review)
Trait Psychoticism is associated with Increased Idiosynchrony during Naturalistic Social Movie-Watching. (Under Review) manuscript
Rethinking Neuropsychological Test Validity in Dementia Assessment: A Critical Review in the Age of Neuroimaging and Digital Markers. (Under Review)
Psychometric Evaluation and Refinement of the Levels of Personality Functioning Scale-Self Report: Development of the LPFS-SR-13 Short-Form. (Under Review)
Incremental Utility of Sentence Completion Test in Mental Health Assessment: Application of Natural Language Processing. (Under Review) manuscript
[2025]
김지현 & 곽세열. (2025). 자기기입식 비대면 로샤 검사를 통한 사고장애 변인의 구성 및 준거타당도 탐색(Exploring the Construct and Criterion Validity of Thought Disorder Variable in a Self-Administered Remote Rorschach Test). 인문사회과학연구, 26(1), 305-333. [link]
Lee, H., Shin, S., Nam, G., Kwak, S., Cho, Y. S., Hwang, E., ... & Lee, J. Y. (2025). Longitudinal trajectories of cognitive, functional, and neuropsychiatric decline in Alzheimer’s disease during COVID-19 lockdown in South Korea. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 8081.[link]
[2024]
Yoo, D. Y., Jeong, D. W., Kim, M. K., & Kwak, S. (2024). Borderline personality trait is associated with neural differentiation of self-other processing: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 345, 111882. [link]
곽세열. (2024). 대학생의 성격장애 경향에 따른 사회관계망 특성 (Interpersonal Dysfunction of Personality Disorders is Marked by Social Network Characteristics). 청소년학연구, 31(8), 143-169. [link]
Kwak, S., & Kwon, J. (2024). General and distinct correspondence between personality disorder and interpersonal functioning. Acta Psychologica, 249, 104454. [link]
Kwak, S., Kim, H., Kim, K. Y., Oh, D. Y., Lee, D., Nam, G., & Lee, J. Y. (2024). Neuroanatomical and neurocognitive correlates of delusion in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. BMC Neurology, 24(1), 1-12. [link]
Kwon J., Kwak, S. (2024). Validation of the Korean Translation of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale – Self-Report (LPFS-SR) (전반적 성격병리 평가를 위한 자기보고식 성격기능수준척도의 번안 타당화). Psychoanalysis. 35:15-21. [link]
Kwak, S. (2024). Longitudinal asynchrony between depressive symptoms and life satisfaction: a 14-year contemporaneous correlation. Current Psychology, 43(17), 15611-15620. [link]
[2023]
Park, H., Kim, H., Kwak, S., Youm, Y. & Chey, J. (2023). Association between Loneliness and Memory Function through White Matter Hyperintensities in Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Gender. Behavioral Sciences, 13(10), 869. [link]
Kim, H., Kwak, S., Yoo, S. Y., Lee, E. C., Park, S., Ko, H., ... & Lee, J. Y. (2023). Facial Expressions Track Depressive Symptoms in Old Age. Sensors, 23(16), 7080. [link]
Kwak, S., Kim, K., Oh, D. Y., Park, S. M., Kim, H., Lee, D. & Lee, J. Y. (2023). Clinical Validity of Neuropsychological Assessment in Dementia: Comparison of Univariate and Multivariate Framework. Korean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 42(4), 118-129. [link]
Kim, H., Kwak, S., Baek, E. C., Oh, N., Baldina, E., Youm, Y., & Chey, J. (2023). Brain connectivity during social exclusion differs depending on the closeness within a triad among older adults living in a village. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 18(1), nsad015. [link]
Kwak, S., Kim, H., Oh, D. J., Jeon, Y. J., Oh, D. Y., Park, S. M.,& Lee, J. Y. (2023). Lower Cognitive Function Attenuates the Convergence Between Self and Observer Ratings of Depressive symptoms in Late-life Cognitive Impairment. Brain and Behavior, 13(3), e2898. [link]
Yoon, E. J., Lee, J. Y., Kwak, S., & Kim, Y. K. (2023). Mild behavioral impairment linked to progression to Alzheimer’s disease and cortical thinning in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 1448. [link]
[2022]
Lee, R., Kwak, S., Lee, D., Chey, J. (2022). Cognitive control training enhances the integration of intrinsic functional networks in adolescents. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16. [link]
Kwak, S., Kim, H., Chey, J. (2022). Distinct Neuroanatomical Correlates of Interference-related Verbal Episodic Memory Test in Healthy Older Adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 1-17. [link]
Kwak, S., Kim, H., Oh, D. J., Jeon, Y. J., Oh, D. Y., Park, S. M. & Lee, J. Y. (2022). Clinical and Biological Subtypes of Late-life Depression. Journal of Affective Disorder. 312(1), 46-53. [link]
곽세열, 이다솜, 조수연, 최진영. (2022). 다차원적 충동성 척도(UPPS-P)의 뇌 연결성-기반 타당화 (Brain Connectivity-based Validation of Trait Impulsivity Scale). 한국심리학회지: 인지 및 생물. 34(2), 49-66. [link]
Ha, J., Kwak, S., Kim, K. Y., Kim, H., Cho, S. Y., Kim, M., ... & Kim, E. (2022). Relationship between adipokines, cognition, and brain structures in old age depending on obesity. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A. [link]
Kwak, S., Shin, S., Ko, H., Kim, H., Oh, D., Youn, J., Lee, J., Lee, Y. (2022). A Comparison Between the Performances of Verbal and Nonverbal Fluency Tests in Discriminating Between Mild Cognitive Impairments and Alzheimer’s Disease Patients and Their Brain Morphological Correlates. Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders, 21(1), 17-29. [link]
Kwak, S., Oh, D. J., Jeon, Y. J., Oh, D. Y., Park, S. M., Kim, H., & Lee, J. Y. (2022). Utility of Machine Learning Approach with Neuropsychological Tests in Predicting Functional Impairment of Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 1-16. [link]
Kim, K. Y., Kwak, S., Ha, J., Oh, D. J., Kim, M., Cho, S. Y., ... & Kim, E. (2022). Loss of association between plasma irisin levels and cognition in Alzheimer’s disease. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 136, 105624. [link]
Kim, H., Kwak, S.*, Youm, Y., & Chey, J. (2022). Social network characteristics predict loneliness in older adults. Gerontology, 68(3), 309-320.[link] (*co-first author)
[2021]
Ko, H., Kim, S., Kim, K., Jung, S. H., Shim, I., Cha, S., ... & Won, H. H. (2021). Genome-wide association study of occupational attainment as a proxy for cognitive reserve. Brain, 145(4), 1436-1448. [link]
Kwak, S., Park, S. M., Jeon, Y. J., Ko, H., Oh, D. J., & Lee, J. Y. (2021). Multiple Cognitive and Behavioral Factors Link Association Between Brain Structure and Functional Impairment of Daily Instrumental Activities in Older Adults. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 1-14. [link]
Kwak, S., Kim, HR., Kim, HY., Chey, J. Distributed Functional Connectivity Predicts Neuropsychological Test Performance Among Older Adults. Human Brain Mapping, 42(10), 3305-3325. [link]
Youm, Y., Kim, J., Kwak, S., & Chey, J. (2021). Neural and social correlates of attitudinal brokerage: using the complete social networks of two entire villages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1944), 20202866. [link]
[2020]
Hyon, R., Youm, Y., Kim, J., Chey, J., Kwak, S., & Parkinson, C. (2020). Similarity in functional brain connectivity at rest predicts interpersonal closeness in the social network of an entire village. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(52), 33149-33160. [link]
Ko, H., Park, S., Kwak, S., Ihm, J., ADNI. (2020). Exploring a Cost-Efficient Model for Predicting Cerebral Aβ Burden Using MRI and Neuropsychological Markers in the ADNI-2 Cohort. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 20(4), 197. [link]
Kwak, S., Park, S., Kim, J., Park, S., & Lee, J. Y. (2020). Multivariate neuroanatomical correlates of behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia and the moderating role of education. NeuroImage: Clinical, 28, 102452. [link]
Kwak, S., Shin, M., Kim, H., Cho, B., Ha, J. H., Han, G., ... & Lee, H. J. (2020). Moderating effect of cognitive reserve on the association between grey matter atrophy and memory varies with age in older adults. Psychogeriatrics, 20(1), 87-95. [link]
[2019]
Lee, D., Kwak, S., & Chey, J. (2019). Parallel Changes in Cognitive Function and Gray Matter Volume after Multicomponent Training of Cognitive Control (MTCC) in Adolescents. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 246. [link]
Kim, H., Kwak, S., Kim, J., Youm, Y., & Chey, J. (2019). Social Network Position Moderates the Relationship between Late-life Depressive Symptoms and Memory Differently in Men and Women. Scientific reports, 9(1), 6142. [link]
[2018]
Kwak, S., Kim, H., Chey, J., & Youm, Y. (2018). Feeling how old I am: Subjective age is associated with estimated brain age. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 10, 168. [link]
Kwak, S., Joo, W., Youm, Y., & Chey, J. (2018). Social brain volume is associated with in-degree social network size among older adults. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 285(1871), 20172708. [link]
[2017]
곽세열, & 최진영. (2017). 교육 경험에 따른 노인의 언어기억 기능과 회백질 부피 간 상관 차이. 한국심리학회지: 인지 및 생물, 29(4), 371-394. [link]
Joo W., Kwak, S., Youm, Y., & Chey, J. (2017). Brain functional connectivity difference in the complete network of an entire village: the role of social network size and embeddedness. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 4465. [link]
Lee S., Youm, Y., Kim, H., Kwak, S., & Chey, J. (2017). Homophily of Older Adults Based on Amygdala Volume. New Physics: Sae Mulli, 67(5), 595-601.
Chey, J. (Ed.). (2023). Society Within the Brain: How Social Networks Interact with Our Brain, Behavior and Health as We Age. Cambridge University Press.
- Chapter 5. Life Course Approach to Brain and Cognitive Aging; Chapter 6. Enriched Social Connectedness and Brain Function; Chapter 12. Preventing Dementia in the Age of Loneliness.
신경심리평가의 핵심. (2024). 학지사. Nancy Hebben, William Milberg / 곽세열
행동신경과학-생물심리학 입문. (2022). 사회평론아카데미. Laura Freberg / 김문수, 남종호, 곽세열.