HyeonSeung (Hanson) Lee
PhD candidate
Research Area:
Schizophrenia, Self concept, Cognition, Social cognition, Interoception, Peripersonal space
My research aim is to identify what underlying cognitive-affective mechanisms of schizophrenia develop, maintain, and aggravate its symptoms. To investigate the mechanisms, I would like to probe the specific components under neurocognitive impairments, social dysfunction, or self-aberrations of schizophrenia using experimental, neurobiological, and behavioral methodologies. In addition, I am also interested in exploring intact abilities and cognitive potential in individuals with schizophrenia that would give clinical implication or an opportunity to reduce prejudice toward them. I am currently working on projects of VR based social simulation training, 3D body mapping, and Peripersonal space.
Representative Publications
Publications (* served as a corresponding author)
Lee, H.S.*, Sangimino, M., Baxter, T., Buck, L.E., Bodenheimer, R.E., & Park, S. (In Press). Self-other Boundary under Social Threat in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research.
Sangimino, M., Babbitt, K., Lee, H.S., & Park, S. (Accepted). Bodily Experiences of Trauma and Psychosis Risk. 鈥疨sychiatry Research.
Lee, H.S.*, Baxter, T., Griffith, T., Reibz, K., & Park, S. (2023). Interpersonal distance regulation and psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison between the USA and Korea. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 103529.
Baxter, T., Shenoy, S., Lee, H.S., Griffith, T., Rivas-Baxter, A., & Park, S. (2022). Unequal outcomes: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and wellbeing among Hispanic/Latinos with varying degrees of ‘belonging’. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. , 00207640221140285, 1-12.
Lee, H.S., Torregrossa, L., Shenoy, S., & Park, S. (2022). Embodiment of emotion in schizophrenia in the context of culture. Psychiatry Research Communications, 2(4), 100072.
Lee, H.S.*, Rast, C., Shenoy, S., Derek, D., Woodman, G.F., & Park, S. (2022). A meta-analytic review of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on general psychopathology symptoms of schizophrenia; immediate improvement followed by a return to baseline. Psychiatry Research, 310, 114471.
Lee, H.S., Griffith, T., & Park, S. (2021). Bodily Self-Disturbances in schizophrenia; a comparative study of South Korea and the U.S.A. Psychopathology, 54, 262-273.
Lee, H.S., Hong, S.J., Baxter T., Scott, J., Shenoy, S., Buck, L.E., Bodenheimer, R.E., & Park, S. (2021) Altered peripersonal space and the bodily self in schizophrenia; a virtual reality study. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 47(4), 927–937.
Oh, H., Jang, S.K., Lee, H.S., Lee, E.B., & Choi, K.H. (2021) Personality traits in individuals with the dual diagnosis of psychosis and substance use disorders: a comprehensive review and meta-analysis. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 1-18.
Lee, H.S., Dean, D., Baxter, T., Griffith, T., & Park, S. (2020). Deterioration of mental health despite successful control of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. Psychiatry research, 113570.
Dean, D.J., Tso, I.F., Giersch, A., Lee, H.S., Baxter, T., Griffith, T., Song, L., & Park, S. (2020). Cross-cultural comparisons of psychosocial distress in the USA, South Korea, France, and Hong Kong during the initial phase of COVID-19. Psychiatry Research, 113593.
Lee, H.S., Corbera, S. Poltorak, A., Park, K.H., Assaf, M., Bell, M., Wexler, B., Cho, Y.I., Jung, S.H., Brocke, S., & Choi, K.H. (2018). Measuring Theory of Mind in schizophrenia research: cross-cultural validation. Schizophrenia Research, 201, 187-195.
Lee, H.S., Jang, S.K., Lee., G.Y., Park, S.C., Medalia, A., & Choi, K.H. (2017). Informationally administered reward enhances intrinsic motivation in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 256, 290-297.
Jang, S.K., Kim, S.J., Kim, C.Y., Lee, H.S., & Choi, K.H. (2016). Attentional processing of emotional faces in schizophrenia: an eye-tracking study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(7), 894-906.
Manuscripts under review & in preparation
Lee, H.S., Holt, D., & Park, S. (In Revision). Altered Representation of Personal Space in Psychopathology
Rbeiz, K., Sangimino, M., Lee, H.S., Kim, M., & Park, S. (Under Review). Investigating the traits and emotions of ‘neutral’ avatars and the implications for virtual reality
Lee, H.S., Rbeiz, K., Gui, Y., Babbitt, K., Baxter, T., Sangimino, M., Bruni, P., Felsenheimer, A., Jelsma, O., Li, M., Kim, B., Peres, A., Yang, J., & Park, S. (In Preparation). Automated Linguistic and Word Network Analyses of First-Person Experiences in Psychosis
Lee, H.S., Sangimino, M., Gui, Y., Yamin, L., Chang, C., Sarkar, N., & Park, S. (In Preparation). Effects of Virtual Reality based Social Skills Training on Social Functioning and Self-disturbances in Schizophrenia.
Lee, H.S., Sangimino, M., Gui, Y., Wang, J., McKew, R., Yuanhao, L., Bodenheimer, R.E., & Park, S. (In Preparation). Effect of social context on self-other boundary in individuals with schizophrenia.
Conference Presentations
Lee, H.S., & Park, S. (April, 2024). Effects of Virtual Reality Based Social Skills Training on Social Cognition and Self-Disturbances in Individuals with Schizophrenia. Poster presentation for the 2024 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Florence, Italy.
Baxter, T., Lee, H.S., & Park, S. (April, 2024). Embodiment of Loneliness and Self-Disturbances in Schizophrenia. Oral presentation for the 2024 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Florence, Italy.
Lee, H.S., Sangimino, M., Li, Y., Martin, CG., Sarkar, N., Chang, C., & Park, S. (September, 2023). Simulation-based social skills training in virtual reality (VR) reduces negative symptoms and bodily self-disturbance in schizophrenia. Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP), Saint Louis, USA.
Lee, H.S., & Park, S. (May, 2023). Altered personal space in schizophrenia: a scoping review of peripersonal space and interpersonal distance. Oral presentation for the 2023 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Toronto, Canada.
Lee, H.S., Sangimino, M., Baxter, T., Rbeiz, K., Ullal, A., Wade, J., Sakar, N., & Park, S. (May, 2023). Novel measures of social cognition captures improvement following virtual reality social skills training in schizophrenia. Poster presentation for the 2023 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Toronto, Canada.
Rbeiz, K., Lee, H.S., Baxter, T., Sangimino, M., Bruni, P., Felsenheimer, A., Babbitt, K., Jelsma, O., Kim, M., Li, M., Peres, A., Yang, J., & Park, S. (May, 2023). An automated linguistic analysis of first-person accounts of psychosis. Poster presentation for the 2023 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Toronto, Canada.
Sangimino, M., Lee, H.S., Baxter, T., Griffith, T., & Park, S. (September, 2022). Trauma is associated with psychosis-risk and felt presence in the general population. Poster presentation for Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP), Philadelphia, USA.
Lee, H.S., Buck, L.E., Baxter, T., Shenoy, S., Bodenheimer, R.E., & Park, S. (April, 2022). Effects of perceived social threat on self-other boundary in schizophrenia: a virtual reality (VR) study of peripersonal space. Poster presentation for the 2021 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Florence, Italy.
Lee, H.S., Martinez, C., Shenoy, S., Derek, D., Woodman, G.F., & Park, S. (April, 2021). A meta-analytic review of the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on clinical symptoms of schizophrenia with a focus on the general psychopathology scale. Poster presentation for the 2021 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), virtual.
Lee, H.S., Torregrossa, L., Benson, T., & Park, S. (April, 2021). Abnormal bodily self experiences in schizophrenia; a comparative study of South Korea and USA. Poster presentation for the 2021 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), virtual.
Griffith, T., Baxter, T., Lee, H.S., Kim, I., Shenoy, S., & Park, S. (April, 2021). Ethnic disparities in psychosis proneness and mental health risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presentation for the 2021 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), virtual.
Felsenheimer, A., Rapp, A., Baxter, T., Griffith, T., Lee, H.S., & Park, S. (April, 2021). ‘They’ are not always friends: Social (de-)connectedness in narratives, social contacts and loneliness and its longitudinal impact on schizotypal traits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presentation for the 2021 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), virtual.
Baxter, T., Lee, H.S., Torregrossa, L., Kim, S., & Park, S. (April, 2020). An exploratory study of automated linguistic analysis of social narratives in schizophrenia. Poster presentation for the 2020 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Florence, Italy.
Lee, H.S., Torregrossa, L., Ichinose, M., Adery, L., Nichols, H., Wade, J., Bian, D., Granholm, E., Sarkar, N., & Park, S. (April, 2019). The predictors and mediators of improvement following virtual reality based social skill training. Poster presentation for the 2019 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Orlando, USA
Hong, S.J., Buck, L.E., Lee, H.S., Prada, A.K., Bodenheimer, R.E., & Park, S. (April, 2019). Altered peripersonal space boundaries in schizophrenia: a virtual reality study. Poster presentation for the 2019 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Orlando, USA
Lee, H.S., Yoon, S.W., Suh, J.W., & Choi, K.H. (April, 2018). Effects of visual emotional contents in sense of agency in schizophrenia. Poster presentation at the 2018 Spring Conference of Korean Clinical Psychology Association (KCPA), Jeju island, South Korea.
Lee, H.S., Corbera, S. Poltorak, A., Park, K.H., Assaf, M., Bell, M., Wexler, B., & Choi, K.H. (March, 2017). Measuring implicit theory of mind in schizophrenia research: cross-cultural validation. Poster presentation at the 16th International Congress of Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR), San Diego, USA
Jang, S.K., Lee, H.S., Bahk, Y.C., & Choi, K.H. (November, 2015). Linking trait motivation and anhedonia in schizophrenia: the mediating role of state anxiety. Poster presentation at the 12th Congress of the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR), Seoul, South Korea.
Lee, H.S., & Choi, K.H. (August, 2015). Validation of the intrinsic motivation and perceived competence scales for schizophrenia research. Poster presentation at the 2015 annual conference of Korean Psychology Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee, H.S., Jang, S.K., Lee., G.Y., Park, S.C., Medalia, A., & Choi, K.H. (March, 2015). The role of reward contingency on intrinsic motivation for cognitive game task in schizophrenia. Oral presentation at the 1st annual meeting for Cognitive Enhancement in Psychiatric Disorders (CEPD), Tokyo, Japan.
Honors
Early Career Award Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) 2023
Summer Research Award (SRS) The college of Arts & Sciences, Vanderbilt 2022
Graduate School Travel Grant, Vanderbilt Graduate School 2022
Warren Lambert Travel Award, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center 2021
Best Graduate Presenter Award, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center 2021
Science Day Data Blitz, selected for oral presentation, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center 2021, 2023
Poster Award Finalist Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) 2021
William F. Hodges Teaching Assistant Award Department of Psychology, 青青草视频 2020
Gayle Fambrough Fellowship Award Department of Psychology, 青青草视频 2019, 2020
Best Poster Presentation Award Korean Clinical Psychology Association (KCPA) 2018
Research Promotion Scholarship for Graduate Student Department of Psychology, Korea University 2017
Brain Korea 21 PLUS Scholarship The Korean National Research Foundation 2015
Alumni Recommendation Award Alumni association, Korea University, 2013