Staff profile
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Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology | RH-1004 |
Biography
I earned a Ph.D. in Brain Imaging Engineering in 2016 at Korea University and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at KU Leuven (Belgium) and Johns Hopkins University (USA). I am also a guest scientist at Johns Hopkins and MPI for Intelligente System.
My research goal is to better understand the neural basis of social-affective processing in neurodiverse populations. I use naturalistic neuroimaging (fMRI and EEG) and computational modeling (deep learning and natural language processing). Currently, I focus on investigating social touch (scene) processing in autistic adults.
If you are looking for an academic mentor and interested in social neuroscience and autism research, please get in touch.
Research interests
- Social Neuroscience (social cognition and empathy)
- Social Touch
- Autism
- fMRI
- EEG
- Affect Computing
- Machine Learning
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Publications
Journal Article
- Miralles, David, Garrofe, Guillem, Pares, Carlota, Gonzalez, Alejandro, Serra, Gerard, Soto, Alberto, Sevillano, Xavier, de Beeck, Hans Op & Masson, Haemy Lee (2022). Multi-modal self-adaptation during object recognition in an artificial cognitive system. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 12(1): 3772.
- Masson, Haemy Lee & Isik, Leyla (2021). Functional selectivity for social interaction perception in the human superior temporal sulcus during natural viewing. NEUROIMAGE 245: 118741.
- Ritchie, J. Brendan, Masson, Haemy Lee, Bracci, Stefania & Op de Beeck, Hans P. (2021). The unreliable influence of multivariate noise normalization on the reliability of neural dissimilarity. NEUROIMAGE 245: 118686.
- Masson, Haemy Lee, de Beeck, Hans Op & Boets, Bart (2020). Reduced task-dependent modulation of functional network architecture for positive versus negative affective touch processing in autism spectrum disorders. NEUROIMAGE 219: 117009.
- Masson, Haemy Lee, Pillet, Ineke, Boets, Bart & de Beeck, Hans Op (2020). Task-dependent changes in functional connectivity during the observation of social and non-social touch interaction. CORTEX 125: 73-89.
- Pillet, Ineke, de Beeck, Hans Op & Masson, Haemy Lee (2020). A Comparison of Functional Networks Derived From Representational Similarity, Functional Connectivity, and Univariate Analyses. FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE 13: 1348.
- Masson, Haemy Lee, Pillet, Ineke, Amelynck, Steffie, Van De Plas, Stien, Hendriks, Michelle, Op de Beeck, Hans & Boets, Bart (2019). Intact neural representations of affective meaning of touch but lack of embodied resonance in autism: a multi-voxel pattern analysis study. MOLECULAR AUTISM 10(1): 39.
- Luyck, Kelly, Goode, Travis D., Masson, Haemy Lee & Luyten, Laura (2019). Distinct Activity Patterns of the Human Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and Amygdala during Fear Learning. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 29(2): 181-185.
- Pegado, Felipe, Hendriks, Michelle H. A., Amelynck, Steffie, Daniels, Nicky, Bulthe, Jessica, Masson, Haemy Lee, Boets, Bart & Op de Beeck, Hans (2018). Neural Representations Behind `Social Norm' Inferences In Humans. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8: 12943.
- Masson, Haemy Lee, Van de Plas, Stien, Daniels, Nicky & Op de Beeck, Hans (2018). The multidimensional representational space of observed socio-affective touch experiences. NEUROIMAGE 175: 297-314.
- Pegado, Felipe, Hendriks, Michelle H. A., Amelynck, Steffie, Daniels, Nicky, Bulthe, Jessica, Masson, Haemy Lee, Boets, Bart & Op de Beeck, Hans (2018). A Multitude of Neural Representations Behind Multisensory ``Social Norm'' Processing. FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE 12: 153.
- Masson, Haemy Lee, Kang, Hyeok-mook, Petit, Laurent & Wallraven, Christian (2018). Neuroanatomical correlates of haptic object processing: combined evidence from tractography and functional neuroimaging. BRAIN STRUCTURE \& FUNCTION 223(2): 619-633.
- Masson, Haemy Lee & Op de Beeck, Hans (2018). Socio-affective touch expression database. PLOS ONE 13(1): e0190921.
- Masson, Haemy Lee, Wallraven, Christian & Petit, Laurent (2017). ``Can touch this'': Cross-modal shape categorization performance is associated with microstructural characteristics of white matter association pathways. HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING 38(2): 842-854.
- Masson, Haemy Lee, Bulthe, Jessica, Op de Beeck, Hans P. & Wallraven, Christian (2016). Visual and Haptic Shape Processing in the Human Brain: Unisensory Processing, Multisensory Convergence, and Top-Down Influences. CEREBRAL CORTEX 26(8): 3402-3412.