Department research Earnest Kim
Behavioral neuroscience
Earnest Kim, PhD
Professor of Psychology
A behavioral neuroscientist who studies fear: how rats learn it, signal it to each other with ultrasonic calls, and how it shapes daily rhythms. He also wrote Made to Believe, on faith, neuroscience, and psychology.
Fun fact He enjoys ping pong and Ultimate Frisbee.
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2verified papers
251citations
2010earliest verified
216most-cited paper
Dr. Kim's papers from before George Fox are listed only when we could confirm them from his own course materials.
Book
Available on AmazonMade to Believe: Connections between Faith, Neuroscience, and Psychology
by Earnest Kim
Papers per year
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- Social Transmission of Fear in Rats: The Role of 22-kHz Ultrasonic Distress Vocalization2010 · PLoS ONE · cited 216 · Free PDF
- Time-Specific Fear Acts as a Non-Photic Entraining Stimulus of Circadian Rhythms in Rats2015 · Scientific Reports · cited 35 · Free PDF
Most recent
- Time-Specific Fear Acts as a Non-Photic Entraining Stimulus of Circadian Rhythms in Rats2015 · Scientific Reports · cited 35 · Free PDF
- Social Transmission of Fear in Rats: The Role of 22-kHz Ultrasonic Distress Vocalization2010 · PLoS ONE · cited 216 · Free PDF