Published under the name Byeol Kim (2021) and Byeol Kim Lux (2022-)
c co-first author, m mentoring project
In preparation, Under review, Preprint
Vicarious trauma primes innate immunity and reconfigures human brain networks
Byeol Kim Lux, Melanie C. Kos, David Ward, Fred W. Kolling IV, Xin Li, Claudia V. Jakubzick, Tor D. Wager, bioRxiv, Under review
Spontaneous Thought Dynamics as a Signature of Positive and Negative Affectivity
Byeol Kim Luxc,m, Eunjin Leec, Jihoon Han, Sung-Ha Lee, Suhwan Gim, Incheol Choi, Choong-Wan Woo, PsyArXiv, Under review
Bodily maps of spontaneous thought
Hyemin Shinc, Byeol Kim Luxc,m, Hong Ji Kim, Choong-Wan Woo, bioRxiv
Modeling spontaneous thought: A network-
and language-based computational method
Jihoon Han, Byeol Kim Lux, Eunjin Lee, Yong-Seok Yoo, Choong-Wan Woo, Submitted
2025
Happier individuals generate more spontaneous thoughts about friends and value relationships over money
Won-Gyo Shin, Jeongyeol Ahn, Kyoung Whan Choe, Hyeseung Lee, Jihoon Han, Eunjin Lee, Byeol Kim Lux, Choong-Wan Woo, Incheol Choi, Sunhae Sul, Communications Psychology, 3(1), 162. Published: 20 Nov. 2025. PDF
2024
Brain decoding of spontaneous thought: Predictive modeling of self-relevance and valence using personal narratives
Hong Ji Kim, Byeol Kim Lux, Eunjin Lee, Emily S. Finn, Choong-Wan Woo. (2024). PNAS, 121, 14. Published: 28 March 2024. PDF
2023
A Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex-based Dynamic Functional Connectivity Model of Rumination
Jungwoo Kim, Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Hedwig Eisenbarth, Byeol Kim Lux, Hong Ji Kim, Eunjin Lee, Martin Lindquist, Elizabeth A. Reynolds Losin, Tor D. Wager, Choong-Wan Woo. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 3540. Published: 15 June 2023. PDF
Design and field trial of EmotionFrame: exploring self-journaling experiences in homes for archiving personal feelings about daily events
Sangsu Jang, Kyung-Ryong Lee, Geonil Goh, Dohee Kim, Gahui Yun, Nanum Kim, Byeol Kim Lux, Choong-Wan Woo, Hyungsook Kim, Young-Woo Park. (2023). Human-Computer Interaction, 1-26. Published: 06 June 2023. PDF | EmotionFrame
2022
When self comes to a wandering mind: Brain representations and affective dynamics of spontaneous thought
Byeol Kim Lux, Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Jihoon Han, Eunjin Lee, Choong-Wan Woo. (2022). Science Advances, 8 (35), eabn8616 (1-16). Published: Aug 31 2022.
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The conceptual building blocks of everyday thought: Tracking the emergence and dynamics of ruminative and nonruminative thinking
Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Choong-Wan Woo, Ramsey Wilcox, Hedwid Eisenbarth, Byeol Kim, Jihoon Han, Elizabeth A. Reynolds Losin, Tor D. Wager. (2022). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(3), 628–642. Online first publication: 9 Sep 2021.
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