Sep, 2015 – Oct, 2016      Visiting Scholar

                                                  State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY, USA

Sep, 2009 – Jun, 2012     Doctor of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience

                                                  Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Mar, 2010 – Apr, 2011       Visiting Scholar

                                                   University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

Sep, 2006 – Jun, 2009      Master of Science in Basic Psychology

                                                   Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Sep, 2002 – Jun, 2006      Bachelor of Engineering in Library Science

                                                   Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

My current research centers on the psychological dynamics of human-AI interaction and the role of emotional disorders in this process. The overarching objective is to advance human-AI societal frameworks and develop comprehensive risk management strategies for emerging intelligent technologies.

Jiahui Liu, Tingting Wu, Ruolei Gu, Yi Luo. (2025). Who is AI? The impact of identity labels in multi-round trust games. Journal of Psychological Science, in press.

Ruolei Gu, Yuqing Zhou, Suchen Yao, Yuan Zhou, Fang Cui, Frank Krueger, Grit Hein, Li Hu. (2025). The human-AI empathy loop: A path toward stronger human-AI relationships. Science Bulletin, published online.

Zixi Wang, Haodong Xia, Han Wu Shuang Bao, Yiming Jing, Ruolei Gu. (2025). Artificial intelligence is stereotypically linked more with socially dominant groups in natural language. Advanced Science, e08623.

Xiaojiayu Tan, Yue He, Yuan Zhou, Xinying Li, Qingwen Ding, Yikai Tang, Yu L. L. Luo, Ruolei Gu. (2025). Born to fear the machine? Genetic and environmental influences on negative attitudes toward AI agents. Advanced Science, e06262.

Zhan Su, Lanyue Zhu, Huajian Cai, Ming Li, Wenbo Luo, Ruolei Gu. (2025). Childbearing in the age of AI: Can robot-provided support influence fertility intentions? Science China Technological Sciences, 68(8): 1820402.

Yi Feng, Yuan Zhou, Jian Xu, Xinquan Lu, Ruolei Gu, Zhihong Qiao. (2025). Integrating generative AI with neurophysiological methods in psychiatric practice. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 108: 104499.

Jiayue Huang, Ruolei Gu, Yi Feng, Wenbo Luo. (2025). Gendered artificial intelligence in marketing: Behavioral and neural insights into product recommendations. Psychology & Marketing, 42(5): 1415-1431.

Yue He, Ruolei Gu, Guangzhi Deng, Yongling Lin, Tian Gan, Fang Cui, Chao Liu, Yue-jia Luo. (2024). Psychological and brain responses to artificial intelligence’s violation of community ethics. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 27(8): 562–570.

Kelou Jin, Jie Wu, Ran Zhang, Shen Zhang, Xiaoyan Wu, Tingting Wu, Ruolei Gu, Chao Liu. (2024). Observing heroic behavior and its influencing factors in immersive virtual environments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(17): e2314590121.

Ruolei Gu, Yue He, Yue-jia Luo, Chao Liu, Yuan Zhou. (2023). The potential influence of new-generation chatbots on individuals with psychiatric disorders. PsyArXiv. doi : 10.31234/osf.io/gkrqd

Yongling Lin, Pengfei Xu, Jiayu Fan, Ruolei Gu, Yue-jia Luo. (2023). Gain-loss separability in human- but not computer-based changes of mind. Computers in Human Behavior, 143: 107712.

Dandan Zhang, Junshi Shen, Sijin Li, Kexiang Gao, Ruolei Gu. (2021). I, robot: Depression plays different roles in human–human and human–robot interactions. Translational Psychiatry, 11: 438.

Weiqi He, Aiping Qi, Qing Wang, Haiyan Wu, Zhao Zhang, Ruolei Gu, Wenbo Luo. (2017). Abnormal reward and punishment sensitivity associated with Internet addicts. Computers in Human Behavior, 75: 678-683.

Yi Luo, Tingting Wu, Lucas S. Broster, Chunliang Feng, Dandan Zhang, Ruolei Gu, Yue-jia Luo. (2014). The temporal course of the influence of anxiety on fairness considerations. Psychophysiology, 51(9): 834–842.

Tingting Wu, Yi Luo, Lucas S. Broster, Ruolei Gu, Yue-jia Luo. (2013). The impact of anxiety on social decision-Making: Behavioral and electrodermal findings. Social Neuroscience, 8 (1): 11-21.