Andy Jeesu Kim

Education
PhD - Texas A&M University - Neuroscience - 2021 

 

Research Interests
Affective neuroscience, attention, cognitive aging, Alzheimer's Disease

  

2022 - National Institute on Aging - PI
2022 - Center for Mindfulness Science Pilot Grant (USC) - PI

 

Kim, A. J., Morales, S., Senior, J., & Mather, M. (2026). Electroencephalography, pupillometry, and behavioral evidence for locus coeruleus-noradrenaline system related tonic hyperactivity in older adults. Neurobiology of Aging, 159, 15-32.

Nashiro, K., Min, J., Yoo, H. J., Cho, C., Dahl, M. J., Choi, P., Lee, H. R. J., Choupan, J., Mercer, N., Nasseri, P., Kim, A. J., Alemu, K., Ng, N. F., Herrera, A. Y., Werkle-Bergner, M., Thayer, J. F., Sordo, L., Head, E., & Mather, M. (in press). Testing effects of paced breathing on Aß and brain perivascular spaces. International Journal of Psychophysiology. Preprint: doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.08.26343624

Kim, A. J., Nguyen, K., Tian, Y., & Mather, M. (2025). Eye movement evidence for locus coeruleus-noradrenaline system contributions to age differences in attention. Psychology & Aging, 40(8), 929-944.

 

Kim, A. J., Chen, K., Tian, Y., & Mather, M. (2025). The effects of mindfulness meditation on mechanisms of attentional control in young and older adults: A preregistered eye tracking study. eNeuro, 12(7), ENEURO.0356-23.2025.

 

Kim, A. J., Gregoire, L., & Anderson, B. A. (2025). Reliably measuring learning-dependent distractor suppression with eye tracking. Behavior Research Methods, 57, 18.

 

Kim, A. J., Senior, J., Chu, S., & Mather, M. (2024). Aging impairs reactive attentional control but not proactive distractor inhibition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(7), 1938-1959.

 

Nashiro, K., Yoo, H. J., Cho, C., Kim, A. J., Nasseri, P., Min, J., Dahl, M. J., Mercer, N., Choupan, J., Choi, P., Lee, H. R. J., Choi, D., Alemu, K., Herrera, A. Y., Ng, N. F., Thayer, J. F., & Mather, M. (2024). Heart rate and breathing effects on attention and memory (HeartBEAM): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in older adults. Trials, 25(1), 1-16.

 

Liao, M-R., Kim, A. J., & Anderson. B. A. (2023). Neural correlates of value-driven spatial attention. Psychophysiology, 60(9), e14321.

 

Kim, A. J., Lee, D. S., Grindell, J., & Anderson, B. A. (2022). Selection history and the strategic control of attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 50(2), 204-211.

 

Kim, A. J., & Anderson, B. A. (2022). Systemic effects of selection history on learned ignoring. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 29(4), 1347-1354.