JungMoon Hyun

Education

PhD The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

MS Yonsei University

About Me

Research Lab

ABCD (Aging, Brain, and Communication Disorders) Lab

Research Interests

• Typical and atypical cognitive and language changes in aging.
• Relationship among aging, the brain, and cognitive disorders.
• Brain stimulation (e.g., tDCS) and neuroimaging (MRI, fNIRS)
• Assessment, prevention, and intervention

Awards and Grants

• Competitive Interdisciplinary/Team Science Grant – College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University (2026)
• ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) Grant Program for Projects on Multicultural Activities (2024)

Publications

Vogel-Eyny, A., Jung, Y-J., Hyun, J., Siegle, E., Haroun, A., Nahar, S., Sarkas, S., Shankman, S. A., Slattery, S., & Ashaie, S. (2026).  Prevalence of depression in post-stroke aphasia: Systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Neurology, 26, 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-025-04570-1  

Nikolaev, A., Higby, E., Hallikainen, M., Hänninen, T., & Hilkka, S., & Hyun, J. (2026). Morphologically complex word recognition and inflection in relation to neuropsychological assessments in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.  The Mental Lexicon. https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.24011.nik

Alfakir, R., Dunaway, L., Hyun, J., Sagong, H., & Kang, S. (2025). Translation, cultural adaptation, and field testing of the Korean version of the HEAR-COMMAND tool: A self-rated ICF-based questionnaire for assessing hearing, communication, and conversation disability in Korean-speaking populations. Journal of Audiology and Otology. 29(3), 197–204. https://doi.org/10.7874/jao.2025.00136

Heagele, T. N., Hyun, J., Park, S., Samuels, W. E., & Seo, J. Y. (2025). A home disaster preparedness intervention study with Korean American residents. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 102(2), 332–343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-025-00974-z

Hyun, J., & Nikolaev, A. (2023). Neuroanatomical predictors for language and cognitive functions in aging.  In M. Goral, & A. Lerman. (Eds.), Advances in the Neurolinguistic Study of Multilingual and Monolingual Adults. Routledge.

Nikolaev, A., Higby, E., Hyun, J., Lehtonen, M., Ashaie, S., Hallikainen, M., Hänninen, T., & Hikka, S. (2020). Production of inflected novel words in older adults with and without dementia. Cognitive Science, 44(8), e12879. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12879

Mesulam, M-M., Nelson, M. J., Hyun, J., Rader, B., Hurley, R., Rademaker, R., Baker, M. C., Bigio, E. H., Weintraub, S. (2019). Preferential disruption of auditory word representation in primary progressive aphasia with the neuropathology of FTLD-TDP Type A. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 32, 46-53.

Nikolaev, A., Ashaie, S. Hallikainen, M., Hänninen, T., Higby, E., Hyun, J., Lehtonen, M., & Soininen, H. (2019). Effects of morphological family on word recognition in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease. Cortex, 116, 91-103. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.10.028.

Mesulam, M-M., Rader, B., Sridhar, J., Nelson, M. J., Hyun, J., Rademaker, A., Geula, C., Bigio, E., Thompson, C., Gefen, T., Weintraub, S., & Rogalski, E. (2019). Word comprehension in temporal cortex and Wernicke area. Neurology, 92(3), e224-e233.  doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006788

Hyun, J., Conner, P. S., & Obler, L. K. (2014).  Idiom properties influencing idiom production in younger and older adults.  Mental Lexicon, 9(2), 294–315.

Conner, P.S., Hyun, J., O’Connor, B., Anema, I., Goral, M., Monereau-Merry, M-M., Rubino, D., Kuckuk, R., & Obler, L.K.  (2011). Age-related differences in idiom production in adulthood. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 25, 899-912.

Hyun, J., Ijalba, E., Signorelli, T., Conner, P., & Obler, L. K. (2010). Frontal lobe. In Patrick Colm Hogan (Ed.),  The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences. University of Connecticut.

Courses Taught

SLHS 3400: Anatomy and Physiology of Speech
SLHS 4100: Language Disorders Across the Lifespan
SLHS 4980: Undergraduate Research
SLHS 7550: Adult Aphasia Class
SLHS 7580: Cognition Across the Lifespan
SLHS 7990: Research and Thesis