Current Affiliation and Education
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2025.09 ~ present
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Doctoral student in communication disorders from Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
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Researcher at Intelligent and Interactive Robotics in Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Republic of Korea
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2024.09 ~ 2025.08
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Researcher at Intelligence and Interaction Research Center in Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Republic of Korea
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Researcher at Neurogenic Communication & Brain Lab in Ewha (NABLe)
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2022.9 ~ 2024.08
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M.A. degree in communication disorders from Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
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Researcher at Neurogenic Communication & Brain Lab in Ewha (NABLe)
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2019.03 ~ 2022.08
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B.S. degree in brain & cognitive science from Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
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B.A. degree in psychology from Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
Publications
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Yoo, Y. R., Lim, Y., Paek, E. J., & Sung, J. E., (2025). Aging-related Changes in Switching and Cluster Diversity in the Action Verbal Fluency Task using Hierarchical Clustering Analysis. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-24-00399
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Yoo, Y. R., Park, J., Lim, Y., & Sung, J. E., (2025). Establishing Automated Analysis Approach in Animal Fluency Task with Clarification of Scoring and Clustering Standards. Communication Sciences & Disorders, 30(2), 395-411. https://doi.org/10.12963/csd.250095
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Yoo, Y. R. (2024). The impact of robot and tablet device on the automated language and cognition assessments performance in the older adults. (Master's thesis). Retrieved from https://dcollection.ewha.ac.kr/public_resource/pdf/000000232118_20240915195324.pdf
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Yoo, Y. R., Paek, E. J., & Sung, J. E. (2023). Aging-related differences in emotional valence from the verb fluency task depending on the time period. Communication Sciences & Disorders, 28(4), 791-804.https://doi.org/10.12963/csd.231002
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Park, J., Yoo, Y. R., Lim, Y., & Sung, J. E. (2022). Phonological and semantic strategies in a letter fluency task for people with Alzheimer’s disease. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:1053272.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1053272
Conferences
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Park, J., Yoo, Y. R., & Sung, J. E. (2025, October). Cross-linguistic and cross-cultural effects on picture description in Korean and English individuals with and without aphasia. [Poster presentation]. 53rd Annual Academy of Aphasia Conference 2025, San Diego, California, United States.
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Yoo, Y. R., Lim, Y., & Sung, J. E. (2025, October). Automated Scoring of Story Retelling Performance in People with Aphasia Using Large Language Models. [Poster presentation]. 53rd Annual Academy of Aphasia Conference 2025, San Diego, California, United States.
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Yoo, Y. R., Yang, E. J., Sung, J. E., & Lim, Y. (2025, August). What Do Older Adults Want? Exploring Experiences in Multi-Session Personalized Conversations with Companion Robots. [Oral presentation]. IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2025, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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Yoo, Y. R., Park, J., & Sung, J. E. (2025, May 29). Picture-specific effects on cross-linguistic comparisons in aphasia. [Poster presentation]. 54th Clinical Aphasiology Conference 2025, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
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Seo, S., Park, J., Yoo, Y. R., & Sung, J. E. (2025, May 31). Semantic category type effects on verbal fluency performance in aphasia. [Poster presentation]. 54th Clinical Aphasiology Conference 2025, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
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유예린, 임윤섭, & 성지은. (2024년 10월 12일). 로봇 및 태블릿 매체 유형이 노년층의 언어 및 인지 자동화 검사 수행에 미치는 효과 [Poster presentation]. 제 9회 한국언어청각임상학회·한국언어치료학회 공동학술대회, 서울특별시 서대문구, 대한민국.
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Yoo, Y., Paek, E., & Sung, J. E. (2024, May). Assessing Verb Fluency in Aging Populations: A Comparative Study of Korean and English Speakers [JEDI platform session]. 53rd Clinical Aphasiology Conference 2024, Waikoloa Beach, HI, United States.
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Yoo, Y. R., Lim, Y., Paek, E. J., & Sung, J. E. (2024, May). Aging-related changes in Switching and Clustering Strategies in the Action Fluency Task using Hierarchical Clustering Analyses [Poster presentation]. 53rd Clinical Aphasiology Conference 2024, Waikoloa Beach, HI, United States.
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Yoo, Y. R., Lim, Y. S., & Sung, J. E. (2023, November 16). Qualitative analysis of action fluency performance using hierarchical clustering based on the Lancaster sensorimotor norm [Poster presentation]. 2023 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Boston, United States.
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Koh, H. J., Yoo, Y. R., Park, J. M., & Sung, J. E. (2023, November 17). Aging-related differences as a function of task type in the verbal fluency measures [Poster presentation]. 2023 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Boston, United States.
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유예린, 임윤섭, & 성지은. (2023년 11월 11일). 계층적 군집화 분석을 적용한 연령층 간 동사 유창성 수행력 비교 [Oral presentation]. 제8회 한국 언어청각임상학회·한국언어치료학회 공동학술대회, 경상북도 경산시, 대한민국.
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최수진, 유예린, 임윤섭, 성지은. (2023년 11월 11일). 체화된 인지 이론에 기반한 알츠하이머 치매 환자의 문장 복잡성 및 구어 유창성 수행력 비교 [Poster presentation]. 제8회 한국 언어청각임상학회·한국언어치료학회 공동학술대회, 경상북도 경산시, 대한민국.
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Park, J., Yoo, Y. R., Lim, Y., & Sung, J. E. (2022). Analyses of linguistic strategies for phonemic fluency measures in Alzheimer’s disease [Poster presentation]. 60th Academy of Aphasia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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박지민, 유예린, 임윤섭, 성지은. (2021년 11월). 알츠하이머 치매 환자의 음소 유창성 과제 산출 전략 [Poster presentation]. 제7회 한국언어치료학회·한국임상청각학회 공동학술대회