Chang Hyunkab is a Seoul National University and Yeongnam University psychology professor and has also taught at Catholic Medical School. In 2005, he was designated as one of the "100 Educators" by the International Biographical Centre in the UK as well as inducted into its Hall of Fame. The American Biographical Institute also recognized him as one of "500 Most Influential People" in 2006 and "2009 Man of the Year 50." He has written Mind vs Brain, Stress Is My Strength, and A Psychologist's Life Lab, while translating Buddha's Brain, The Mind Cures the Body, and others.