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Education

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Seoul National University (2021.09. ~ current)
- Advisor: Woo-Young Ahn
Visiting Ph.D. Student, University of Chicago (2024.01. ~ 2024.06.)
- Advisor: Monica Rosenberg
M.S. in Clinical Psychology, Seoul National University (2019.09. ~ 2021.08.)
- Advisor: Woo-Young Ahn
B.S. in Psychology, Seoul National University (2015.03. ~ 2019.08.)
- Minor: Brain-Mind-Behavior

Reesearcher at the Department of Psychiatry, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital (2024.12. ~ current)

Kwon, M.+, Choi, H.+, Park, H., Ahn, W.-Y., Jung Y. (2024) Neural correlates of model-based behavior in internet gaming disorder and alcohol use disorder, Journal of Behavioral Addictions, https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2024.00006.
Kwon, M., Kim, H., Yang, J., Lee, Y., Hur, J.K., Lee, T.-H., Bjork, J.M., & Ahn, W.-Y. (2024) Caffeinated soda intake in children is associated with neurobehavioral risk factors for substance misuse. Substance Use and Misuse, https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2023.2259471.
Kwon, M., Lee, S., & Ahn, W.-Y. (2023) Adaptive design optimization as a promising tool for reliable and efficient computational fingerprinting. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.12.003.
Kim, H., Hur, J. K., Kwon, M., Kim, S., Zoh, Y., & Ahn, W.-Y (2023) Causal role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in modulating the balance between Pavlovian and instrumental systems in the punishment domain. PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286632.

Kwon, M., Song, S., Lee, H., Kwon, M., Choi, J.-S., Jung, Y.-C., Rosenberg, D. M., & Ahn, W.-Y. (2024) Interplay between reward and self-referential processing in alcohol craving during naturalistic movie watching, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago.
Kwon, M., Lee, J.-H., Kim, H., Lee, E., Im, J.J., Doh, H., Yang, J., Pitt, M.A., Myung, J.I., Park, H., Joh, H., & Ahn, W.-Y. (2023) Multi-modal prediction of successful smoking cessation: Insights from neural, computational, and ecological momentary assessments data, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
Kwon, M., Choi, H., Park, H., Ahn, W.-Y.+, Jung Y.+ (2023) Neural correlates of goal-directed control in internet gaming disorder and alcohol use disorder, presented at 8th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions, Incheon, Korea
Kwon, M., Kim, H., Yang, J., Lee, Y., Hur, J., Lee, T.-H., Bjork, J.M., & Ahn, W.-Y. (2023) Caffeinated soda intake in children is associated with neurobehavioral risk factors for substance misuse, presented at 2023 annual conference of the Korean Psychological Association, Suwon, Korea
Kwon, M., Choi, H., Park, H., Ahn, W.-Y.+, Jung Y.+ (2023) Shared and Distinct Neurocognitive Features of Internet Gaming Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder, presented at 10th World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, Seoul, Korea

Kwon, M., Lee, Y., Lee, J.-H., Im, J.J., Rho, E., Jo, Y., & Ahn, W.-Y. (2022) Neuroforecasting exceeds self- reports in predicting cosmetic sales: an fMRI study, Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego
Kwon, M., Kim, H., Yang, J., Lee, Y., Hur, J., Lee, T., Bjork, J.M., & Ahn, W.-Y. (2022) Daily Caffeinated Soda Intake in Children is associated With Neurocognitive Vulnerabilities of Substance Misuse and Predicts Greater Alcohol Use in 12 Months, Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.02.257
Kwon, M., Lee, J., Yang, J., Chang, S., & Ahn, W.-Y. (2021) Identifying unique neurocognitive mechanisms of food addiction and binge eating using longitudinal study design and computational modeling, Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience, Chicago (virtual)
Kwon, M., Kim, H., Yang, J., Hur, J., Lee, T., & Ahn, W.-Y. (2019) Identifying behavioral and neural predictors of caffeinated soda intake in childhood using a large database from the ABCD study, Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago

Basic Science Research Program (2023.09. ~ 2025.08.)
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
Excellence Award in Doctoral Colloquium (2023.08.)
- 2023 annual conference of the Korean Psychological Association
SNU Graduate Scholarship for Basic Science Research (2020.03. ~ 2021.02.)
- Seoul National University