ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Brown University, Providence, RI Department of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences Assistant Professor (2010. July-) The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute Postdoctoral Researcher (2009-present) Postdoctoral Fellow (2006-2009) Advisor: Dr. Robert McPeek EDUCATION Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Ph.D in Psychology (2006) Advisor: Dr. Ken Nakayama Harvard University, Cambridge, MA A.M in Psychology (2003) Advisor: Dr. Ken Nakayama Seoul National University, Korea M.A in Psychology (2000) Advisor: Dr. Jung-Oh Kim Seoul National University, Korea B.A in Psychology, Summa Cum Laude (1998) Advisor: Dr. Jung-Oh Kim   RESEARCH INTERESTS • Visually-Guided Actions and Target Selection In the real world, most visual scenes are complex and crowded. Instead of a single isolated object, there are often several different objects competing for attention and directed action. Thus, a complete understanding of the production of goal-directed actions must also incorporate the higher-level processes involved in the selection of a target stimulus from distractors. Using both psychophyscis, and extracellular recordings, my research aims to address the questions as to how targets are selected among competing distractors for visually-guided actions, and what underlying neural mechanisms are involved in selecting the target, and coordinating different types of actions such as hand and eye movements towards a common goal. • Real-Time Readout of Internal Perceptual and Cognitive Decision Processes Compared to discrete responses such as button presses, the analysis of continuous overt behaviors has the advantage of allowing internal temporal target selection processes to be mapped onto a visible 3D spatial space. I am interested in how movement trajectories of visually-guided reaches reveal the temporal evolution of target selection, and essentially provide a real-time readout of internal perceptual and cognitive decision processes. • Visual Spatial and Working Memory To efficiently guide attention, and action to the object of interest in complex environments, it is critical to build up, and maintain stable spatial and object memory representations. Using both psychophysics and functional brain imaging, I examine explicit and implicit mechanisms involved in guiding attention to the object of interest, and forming robust visual representations.	PUBLICATIONS CV
:: The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, 2318 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94115 ::415.345.2061::jhsong@ski.org :: updated 3/03/08