Research groups
Contact information
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5224-817X
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, S Park Rd, Life and Mind Building, OX1 3EL Oxford, UK.
Jae-Chang Kim
PhD
SNSF Postdoc.Mobility Fellow
Investigating the neural mechanisms of value, risk, and salience to understand human decision-making.
Research
What drives the trade-offs we make between risk and reward? My research focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms of economic decision-making, particularly how the human brain processes value and salience.
Using functional neuroimaging (fMRI), I analyse the specific contributions of subcortical and cortical regions to behaviour. My work has distinguished the roles of the amygdala in processing social risk and the anterior insula in encoding risk prediction errors.
Currently, I am extending this research into the domain of complex food choice. I aim to uncover the neurobiological processes underpinning how humans evaluate dietary options, providing a precise understanding of decision-making in the context of health and consumption.