Pilyoung Kim

Pilyoung Kim is a graduate student at Cornell University.  She received her bachelor's degree in Psychology and English Language and Literature from Korea University, Seoul, South Korea in 2002.  She earned her masters of education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2003. 

Kim's reserach interests are the effects of early traumatic experience on development of emotional and behavioral regulation.  She is also interested in researching environmental factors that promote resilience in cogntitive-emotional processes.

Presentations:

Kim, P. (2003). The effects of maltreatment on cortisol and behavioral problems in early childhood. Paper presented to Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science 13th Annual Meeting.

Publications:

Kim, P. & Swain, J. E. (2006). Why love matters: How affection shapes a babies brain. Book Review. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 45(1), 122-123.