Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2004-present
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1998-2004
Professional Affiliation
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Science
Psychonomic Society
Society for Neuroscience
Ad-hoc Reviewer
Acta Psychologica
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
Memory & Cognition
NeuroImage
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
Psychologial Science
Invited Talks
2005 Department of Psychology, Cognitive Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2005 NIH/NINDS, Bethesda, MD
2004 Department of Neuroscience, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2004 Workshop on the neurocognitive bases of task-control, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany
2004 Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, Irvine, CA
2004 Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2004 Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2004 Department of Psychology, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2002 Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2001 Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Journal Articles
Sohn, M.-H., Douglass, S. A., Chen, M.-C., & Anderson, J. R. (in press). Unit-task execution with a dynamic display in a complex problem-solving situation. Human Factors
Sohn, M.-H., Goode, A., Stenger, V. A, Carter, C. S., & Anderson, J. R. (in press). An information-processing model of three cortical regions: Evidence in episodic memory retrieval. NeuroIamge
Sohn, M.-H., Anderson, J. R., Reder, L. M., & Goode, A. (2004). Differential fan effect and attentional focus. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. pdf
Sohn, M.-H., Goode, A., Koedigner, K. R., Stenger, V. A, Fissell, K., Carter, C. S., & Anderson, J. R. (2004). Behavioral equivalence, but not neural equivalence: Neural evidence in mathematical problem solving. Nature Neuroscience. 7, 1193-1994. pdf
Sohn, M.-H., & Carlson, R. A. (2003). Viewpoint alignment and response conflict during spatial judgment. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 10, 907-916. pdf
Sohn, M.-H., & Anderson, J. R. (2003). Stimulus-related priming during task switching. Memory & Cognition, 31, 775-780. pdf
Sohn, M.-H., Goode, A., Stenger, V. A, Carter, C. S., & Anderson, J. R. (2003). Competition and representation during memory retrieval: Roles of the prefrontal cortex and the posterior parietal cortex. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 100, 7412-7417. pdf
Sohn, M.-H., & Carlson, R. A. (2003). Implicit temporal tuning of working memory strategy during cognitive skill acquisition. American Journal of Psychology. 116, 239-256. pdf
Anderson, J. R., Qin, Y., Sohn, M.-H., Stenger, V. A, & Carter, C. S. (2003). An information-processing model of the BOLD response in symbol manipulation tasks. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 10, 241-261. pdf
Qin, Y., Sohn, M.-H., Anderson, J. R., Stenger, V. A., Fissell, K., Goode, A., & Carter, C. S. (2003). Predicting the practice effects on the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) function of fMRI in a symbolic manipulation task. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 100, 4951-4956. pdf
Sohn, M.-H., & Anderson, J. R. (2001). Task preparation and task repetition: Two-component model of task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 130, 764-778. pdf
Sohn, M.-H., Ursu, S., Anderson, J. R., Stenger, V. A., & Carter, C. S. (2000). The role of prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal cortex in task-switching. Proceedings of National Academy of Science. 13448-13453. pdf
Sohn, M.-H., & Carlson, R. A. (2000). Effects of repetition and foreknowledge in task-set reconfiguration. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 26, 1445-1460. pdf
Sohn, M.-H., & Carlson, R. A. (1998). Procedural frameworks for simple arithmetic skills. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 24, 1052-1067. pdf
Book Chapters
Chen, M.-C., Anderson, J. R., & Sohn M.-H. (2002). Eye-Hand coordination during web browsing. In Ratner, Julie A. (ed.) Human Factors and Web Development, (pp 207-224) Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Mahwah, NJ.
Carlson, R. A., & Sohn, M.-H. (2000). Conscious control of complex mental activities: Building fluent routines from component skills. In S. Monsell & J. Driver (Eds.) Attention & Performance XVIII: Cognitive Control (pp. 443-464). MIT Press, Cambridge: MA.
Manuscripts
Sohn, M.-H.,& Anderson, J. R. (submitted). Negative priming in task switching.
Sohn, M.-H., & Carter, C. S. (submitted). Conflict adaptation is independent of stimulus repetition: Evidence for the conflict monitoring model
Sohn, M.-H., Qin, Y., Goode, A., Carter, C. S., & Anderson, J. R. (in preparation). Changes in the basal ganglia during cognitive skill learning.
Presentations
Sohn, M.-H., Goode, A. G., Koedigner, K. R., Carter, C. S., & Anderson, J. R. (November, 2002). Verbal processes and symbol manipulation during algebra problem solving. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society; Kansas City, MO.
Qin, Y., Sohn, M.-H., Anderson, J. R., Stenger, V. A., Fissell, K., Goode, A., & Carter, C. S. (November, 2002). Practice study in event related fMRI and base-leve activation learning in ACT-R. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience; Orlando, FL.
Sohn, M.-H., Qin, Y., Goode, A., Carter, C. S., & Anderson, J. R. (April, 2002). Changes in neural activities during cognitive skill learning: An Event-related fMRI study with pseudo-algebraic problem solving. Poster to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society; San Francisco, CA.
Sohn, M.-H., & Anderson, J. R. (November, 2001). Priming of the stimulus set in task switching. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society; Orlando, FL.
Anderson, J. R., Qin, Y., Sohn, M.-H., Carter, C. S., & Fincham, J. (November, 2001). ACT-R predicts BOLD activation function. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society; Orlando, FL.
Qin, Y., Sohn, M.-H., Carter, C. S., Stenger, V. A., Fissell, K., & Anderson, J. R. (November, 2001). Event-related fMRI in algebra equation problem solving. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience; San Diego, CA.
Chen, M.-C., Anderson, J. R., & Sohn M.-H. (March, 2001). What can a mouse cursor tell us more? Correlation of eye/mouse movements on web browsing. In Human Factors in Computing Systems: Extended Abstracts of CHI '01, (pp. 281-282). Seattle, WA. Association for Computing and Machinery
Sohn, M.-H., Ursu, S., Anderson, J. R., Stenger, V. A., & Carter, C. S. (November, 2000). The role of prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal cortex in task-switching. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society; New Orleans, LA.
Sohn, M.-H., Douglass, S. A., Chen, M.-C., & Anderson, J. R. (August, 2000). Eye-movement during unit-task execution in a complex problem solving situation. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society; San Diego, CA.
Carter, C. S., Ursu, S., Sohn, M.-H., Schneider, W., Stenger, V. A., & Anderson, J. R. (June, 2000). Task representation and task switching in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during event-related fMRI. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping; San Antonio, TX.
Sohn, M.-H., & Anderson, J. R. (November, 1999). ACT-R does task switching: Effects of foreknowledge and repetition during task-set reconfiguration. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society; Los Angeles, CA.
Sohn, M.-H., & Carlson, R. A. (November, 1998). Coordinative modes and the transfer of mental skill. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society; Dallas, TX.
Carlson, R. A. & Sohn, M.-H. (July, 1998). Conscious control of complex mental activities: Building fluent routines from component skills. Paper presented at The 18th International Symposium on Attention and Performance; Windsor Great Park, England.
Carlson, R. A. & Sohn, M.-H. (November, 1997). Operators and directions: Processing similarities in arithmetic and spatial reasoning. Paper presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society; Philadelphia, PA.
Sohn, M.-H. & Carlson, R. A. (April, 1997). Establishing a viewpoint in spatial judgment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Eastern Psychological Association; Washington, DC
Sohn, M.-H. (March, 1997). Does practice make perfect? Well, ... not exactly. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
Sohn, M.-H. & Carlson, R. A. (October, 1996). Procedural frameworks for spatial judgment. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society; Chicago, IL.
Carlson, R. A., & Sohn, M.-H. (November, 1995). Rule application skills have internal structure. Paper presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society; Los Angeles, CA.
Awards
University Facilitation Fund, George Washington University, 2005
Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, Penn State University, 1998
Weiss Graduate Scholars Program, Penn State University, 1997-1998
First place award, the 12th Graduate Research Exhibition, Penn State University, 1997
Research Interests
Executive Functions of Working Memory
Memory Representations in Problem Solving
Strategy Development during Skill Acquisition
Stimulus Response Compatibility
Spatial Thinking
Research Positions
Dr. Lynn Liben, Penn State University, 1996-1997
Dr. Richard Carlson, Penn State University, 1994-1996
Laboratory of Psycholinguistics and Reasoning, Seoul National University, 1991-1993
Dr. Myeong-han Zoh, Seoul National University, 1990-1991
Teaching Assistantships
Advanced Research Methods in Psychology Dr. Martha Burton, Penn State University, 1994
Introductory Cognitive Psychology, Dr. Martha Burton, Penn State University, 1994
Introductory Research Methods in Psychology, Dr. Judith Kroll, Penn State University, 1994
Advanced Cognitive Psychology, Dr. Richard Carlson, Penn State University, 1993
Introductory Cognitive Psychology, Dr. James Martin, Penn State University, 1993
References John R. Anderson
Professor of Psychology
Carnegie-Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 ja+@cmu.edu