Kyoungeun Lee (2023)

Kyoungeun Lee is a doctoral candidate in Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Her long-term research goal is to identify the critical factors that underlie the heterogeneity in cognition in late adulthood by investigating the complex connections between the aging brain, body, and behavior. Specifically, her current research interest is exploring the impact of aging on episodic memory, using brain-imaging techniques including EEG and fMRI.

Kyoungeun’s dissertation project explores how mind-body connection can affect one’s episodic memory and how it changes across the adult lifespan. Within this project, she is particularly fascinated by interoception, the ability to perceive and interpret internal bodily signals, such as heart rate and breathing. By leveraging a diverse range of methodologies including behavioral experiments, psychophysiology, and brain-imaging, she aims to elucidate how interoception serves as a key individual difference factor impacting episodic memory. Kyoungeun firmly believes that the knowledge gained from this study has the potential to pave the way for the development of future memory interventions.