M.S., Yale Univ.
M.Phil., Yale Univ.
B.A., Brown Univ.
Gloria Feng is a Visiting Lecturer in Statistics for the Life Sciences at Trinity College and a Ph.D. candidate in Cognitive Neuroscience at Yale University, where she works with Professor Robb Rutledge. Her research uses computational modeling and behavioral experimentation to investigate how dopamine shapes decision-making under uncertainty, with a particular focus on risk-taking and choice perseveration. Her work has appeared in Nature Communications and PNAS, among other venues. As a teacher, Gloria is committed to making statistics approachable and meaningful by emphasizing application and learning by doing. She believes that statistics is fundamentally a tool for interrogating real-world problems, and she designs her courses to help students develop that practical intuition alongside technical skill.
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Data analysis and research methods
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Cognitive neuroscience
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Computational modeling of behavior
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Judgment and decision-making
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Behavioral economics
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Dopamine and decision-making
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Risk-taking under uncertainty
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Computational psychiatry
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Mood disorders and risky decision-making
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Parkinson's disease
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Publications:
- Fleming, H., Feng, G. W., Rutledge, R., Roiser, J., & Robinson, O. (2025). Cognitive training reduces the strength of Pavlovian biases. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.122223
- Feng, G. W., & Rutledge, R. B. (2024). Surprising sounds influence risky decision making. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51729-4
- Hur,
J. K., Heffner, J., Feng, G. W., Joormann, J., & Rutledge, R. B.
(2024). Language sentiment predicts changes in depressive symptoms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(39). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2321321121
- Kao, C.-H., Feng, G. W., Hur, J. K., Jarvis, H., & Rutledge, R. B. (2023). Computational models of subjective feelings in psychiatry. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 145, 105008.
- Globig, L., Witte, K., Feng, G. W., & Sharot, T. (2021). Under threat weaker evidence is required to reach undesirable conclusions. The Journal of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3194-20.2021
Presentations:
- Feng, G. W. (October 3, 2025). Risk taking for reward declines with
Parkinson's disease progression. Symposium Talk, Society for
Neuroeconomics Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MA.
- Feng, G. W. (November 2025). A phasic dopamine theory about risk taking and choice perseveration. Invited talk, University of Birmingham, UK.
- Feng, G. W., Lawrence, M., Myerscough, K., Wangchuk, S., & Rutledge, R. B. (July 2025). The influence of surprising sounds on choice perseveration is modulated by dopamine. Poster, Computational Psychiatry Conference, University of Tübingen.
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- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), National Science Foundation, 2024
- Wu Tsai Graduate Fellowship, Wu Tsai Institute, 2022
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