Professor Sung-il Kim
Sung-il Kim (sungkim@korea.ac.kr) is a professor of educational psychology and director of Brain and Motivation Research Institute (bMRI) at Korea University. Although his earlier research has focused on discourse comprehension and memory, his recent research interests revolve around the neuroeducational approach on motivation to learn. His current research projects include investigating neural bases of interest and motivation, developing motivationally adaptive intelligent tutoring agent, modeling interest-based learning, and designing fun and exciting learning environment. He has conducted functional neuroimaging research on motivational constructs in the classroom context. He is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Education and Centre for Neuroscience in Education during 2009.