Taewon Kim
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Kinesiology
Research Summary
The neural mechanisms that underlie motor skill learning and rehabilitation following unilateral impairments such as stroke, amputation, or nerve injury.
Huck Affiliations
Most Recent Publications
Healthy adults favor stable left/right hand choices over performance at an unconstrained reach-to-grasp task
Taewon Kim, Ruiwen Zhou, Samah Gassass, Téa Soberano, Lei Liu, Benjamin A. Philip, 2024, Experimental Brain Research on p. 1349-1359
Patient Outcomes After Peripheral Nerve Injury Depend on Bimanual Dexterity and Preserved Use of the Affected Hand
Taewon Kim, Keith R. Lohse, Susan E. Mackinnon, Benjamin A. Philip, 2024, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair on p. 134-147
The complementary dominance hypothesis: a model for remediating the ‘good’ hand in stroke survivors
Nick M. Kitchen, Brooke Dexheimer, Jisung Yuk, Candice Maenza, Paul R. Ruelos, Taewon Kim, Robert L. Sainburg, 2024, Journal of Physiology
C3 in the 10-20 system may not be the best target for the motor hand area
Hakjoo Kim, David L. Wright, Joohyun Rhee, Taewon Kim, 2023, Brain Research
Numerical and experimental evaluation of low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound wave propagation using human skulls for brain neuromodulation
Mengyue Chen, Chang Peng, Huaiyu Wu, Chih Chung Huang, Taewon Kim, Zachary Traylor, Marie Muller, Pratik Y. Chhatbar, Chang S. Nam, Wuwei Feng, Xiaoning Jiang, 2023, Medical Physics on p. 38-49
Improving online and offline gain from repetitive practice using anodal tDCS at dorsal premotor cortex
Taewon Kim, John J. Buchanan, Jessica A. Bernard, David L. Wright, 2021, npj Science of Learning
Exposure to sleep, rest, or exercise impacts skill memory consolidation, but so too can a challenging practice schedule
Taewon Kim, David L. Wright, 2021, eNeuro
Commentary: Variability of Practice, Information Processing, and Decision Making—How Much Do We Know?
Taewon Kim, David L. Wright, Wuwei Feng, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
Structural and Functional Imaging of the Retina in Central Retinal Artery Occlusion – Current Approaches and Future Directions
Brian Mac Grory, Matthew Schrag, Sven Poli, Chantal J. Boisvert, Martin S. Spitzer, Maximillian Schultheiss, Max Nedelmann, Shadi Yaghi, Mary Guhwe, Elizabeth E. Moore, Hunter R. Hewitt, Kelsey M. Barter, Taewon Kim, Maomao Chen, Lucas Humayun, Chang Peng, Pratik Y. Chhatbar, Patrick Lavin, Xuxiang Zhang, Xiaoning Jiang, Eytan Raz, Shiv Saidha, Junjie Yao, Valérie Biousse, Wuwei Feng, 2021, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
Effect of Low Intensity Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation on Neuromodulation in Animals and Humans: An Updated Systematic Review
Taewon Kim, Christine Park, Pratik Y. Chhatbar, Jody Feld, Brian Mac Grory, Chang S. Nam, Pu Wang, Mengyue Chen, Xiaoning Jiang, Wuwei Feng, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
Most-Cited Papers
Superiority of External Attentional Focus for Motor Performance and Learning: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Lee Kuen Chua, Judith Jimenez-Diaz, Rebecca Lewthwaite, Taewon Kim, Gabriele Wulf, 2021, Psychological Bulletin on p. 618-645
The effect of attentional focus in balancing tasks: A systematic review with meta-analysis
Taewon Kim, Judith Jimenez-Diaz, Jing Chen, 2017, Journal of Human Sport and Exercise on p. 463-479
Effect of Low Intensity Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation on Neuromodulation in Animals and Humans: An Updated Systematic Review
Taewon Kim, Christine Park, Pratik Y. Chhatbar, Jody Feld, Brian Mac Grory, Chang S. Nam, Pu Wang, Mengyue Chen, Xiaoning Jiang, Wuwei Feng, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
Improving novel motor learning through prior high contextual interference training
T. Kim, J. Chen, W. B. Verwey, D. L. Wright, 2018, Acta Psychologica on p. 55-64
Contextual interference: New findings, insights, and implications for skill acquisition
David L. Wright, Taewon Kim, 2019, on p. 99-118
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of Supplementary Motor Region Impacts the Effectiveness of Interleaved and Repetitive Practice Schedules for Retention of Motor Skills
Taewon Kim, David L. Wright, 2020, Neuroscience on p. 58-72
Structural and Functional Imaging of the Retina in Central Retinal Artery Occlusion – Current Approaches and Future Directions
Brian Mac Grory, Matthew Schrag, Sven Poli, Chantal J. Boisvert, Martin S. Spitzer, Maximillian Schultheiss, Max Nedelmann, Shadi Yaghi, Mary Guhwe, Elizabeth E. Moore, Hunter R. Hewitt, Kelsey M. Barter, Taewon Kim, Maomao Chen, Lucas Humayun, Chang Peng, Pratik Y. Chhatbar, Patrick Lavin, Xuxiang Zhang, Xiaoning Jiang, Eytan Raz, Shiv Saidha, Junjie Yao, Valérie Biousse, Wuwei Feng, 2021, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
Application of anodal tDCS at primary motor cortex immediately after practice of a motor sequence does not improve offline gain
Jing Chen, Austin McCulloch, Hakjoo Kim, Taewon Kim, Joohyun Rhee, Willem B. Verwey, John J. Buchanan, David L. Wright, 2020, Experimental Brain Research on p. 29-37
Improving consolidation by applying anodal transcranial direct current stimulation at primary motor cortex during repetitive practice
Taewon Kim, Hakjoo Kim, David L. Wright, 2021, Communications in behavioral biology. Part A: [Original articles]
Numerical and experimental evaluation of low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound wave propagation using human skulls for brain neuromodulation
Mengyue Chen, Chang Peng, Huaiyu Wu, Chih Chung Huang, Taewon Kim, Zachary Traylor, Marie Muller, Pratik Y. Chhatbar, Chang S. Nam, Wuwei Feng, Xiaoning Jiang, 2023, Medical Physics on p. 38-49