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Hyeonmin Ahn, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Women’s Health. She obtained her MS and PhD, both in cognitive neuroscience from Korea University, Seoul, South Korea. In her Ph.D. studies, Dr. Ahn worked on the neural mechanism of the internet game craving using functional MRI and the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation for food craving regulation. Her current research interest is focused on understanding the brain mechanisms of stress-eating behavior in relation to hormone changes and sex differences.
Dr. Ahn is currently working on a project investigating the association between the hormone and functional brain activity response to stress-induced eating behavior in Dr. Laura Holsen’s Lab. One of her research interests is understanding sex differences in the association between brain functional connectivity and cortisol and ghrelin in response to stress.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Research Fellow, Devision of Women’s Health, Department of Medicine;
Harvard Medical School
Research Fellow, Department of Medicine
Ahn HM, Ham BJ, Kim SH. A Combined Approach of High-Frequency rTMS and Food-Inhibition Association Training Reduces Chocolate Snack Consumption. Front Psychiatry. 2019 Nov 15;10:815. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00815. PMID: 31803079; PMCID: PMC6872527.
Ahn HM, Kim SA, Hwang IJ, Jeong JW, Kim HT, Hamann S, Kim SH. The effect of cognitive reappraisal on long-term emotional experience and emotional memory. J Neuropsychol. 2015 Mar;9(1):64-76. doi: 10.1111/jnp.12035. Epub 2013 Dec 11. PMID: 24330427.
Ahn HM, Chung HJ, Kim SH. Altered Brain Reactivity to Game Cues After Gaming Experience. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2015 Aug;18(8):474-9. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0185. PMID: 26252933.
Yoon H, Kim SA, Ahn HM, Kim SH. Altered Neural Activity in the Anterior and Posterior Insula in Individuals with Problematic Internet Use. Eur Addict Res. 2015;21(6):307-14. doi: 10.1159/000377627. Epub 2015 May 28. PMID: 26022857.
Ahn HM, Kim SE, Kim SH. The effects of high-frequency rTMS over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on reward responsiveness. Brain Stimul. 2013 May;6(3):310-4. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.05.013. Epub 2012 Jun 19. PMID: 22749028.
Kim SH, Han HJ, Ahn HM, Kim SA, Kim SE. Effects of five daily high-frequency rTMS on Stroop task performance in aging individuals. Neurosci Res. 2012 Dec;74(3-4):256-60. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2012.08.008. Epub 2012 Sep 10. PMID: 22974554.
Kang JH, Ahn HM, Jeong JW, Hwang I, Kim HT, Kim SH, Kim SP. The modulation of parietal gamma oscillations in the human electroencephalogram with cognitive reappraisal. Neuroreport. 2012 Dec 5;23(17):995-9. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32835a6475. PMID: 23076117.
Research Program of the Division of Women’s Health
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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