Kunyu Lian is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Health, Fujian Medical University. He earned his Ph.D. in Developmental and Educational Psychology from Tianjin Normal University in 2019, his M.A. in Education from Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2014, and his B.A. in English from Fujian Normal University in 2013. His principal research domains include reading psychology, psycholinguistics, and special education. His core expertise centers on analyzing the cognitive mechanisms of Chinese developmental dyslexia, and he is dedicated to leveraging artificial intelligence and digital technologies to develop personalized diagnostic standards and intervention systems for children with reading disabilities. Furthermore, he has extensive research experience in topics such as morpheme positional probability, word segmentation, visual crowding effects, and AI large language model interventions. Dr. Lian serves as the Principal Investigator for several major funded grants, notably a National Education Sciences Planning Project and a Fujian Provincial Social Science Planning Project. He has authored numerous academic papers in high-impact SSCI and CSSCI indexed journals, including Current Psychology, Social Behavior and Personality, Psychological Development and Education, and Psychological and Behavioral Research.

Junhui Pei is a graduate student at the School of Health, Fujian Medical University, China. With a strong foundation in educational and cognitive psychology, Pei's research focuses on reading abilities, cognitive assessments, and the utilization of advanced physiological measurement tools, such as eye-tracking, in educational interventions. For this specific research project, Junhui Pei was instrumental in coordinating and conducting the field experiments. Additionally, Pei managed the on-site data collection processes and contributed to the meticulous proofreading and quality assurance of the manuscript.

Feifei Liang is a Professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, China. She earned her Ph.D. from Tianjin Normal University and completed joint doctoral training at the University of Southampton, UK. Professor Liang was also a visiting scholar at the University of Central Lancashire. Her research primarily focuses on psycholinguistics, specifically utilizing eye-tracking and functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to investigate the cognitive and neural mechanisms of Chinese reading, lexical acquisition, and developmental dyslexia. As a leading researcher in the field, she has chaired multiple projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and has received numerous prestigious awards for her contributions to educational and psychological research. In the present study, Professor Liang proposed the foundational theoretical framework and provided overarching intellectual guidance.

Jie Ma is a researcher at the Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, China. Her research expertise focuses on the application of advanced statistical modeling and quantitative analysis to cognitive and behavioral data. Dr. Ma has extensive experience in processing complex datasets, particularly in the context of eye-tracking metrics used to assess reading processes and related difficulties. In the present study, Dr. Ma played a critical role in the methodological and analytical phases. She was primarily responsible for the comprehensive data processing and statistical analysis, which included writing and executing custom R language scripts to ensure the rigorous evaluation of the experimental data.

Rong Lian is a Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, China, where he served as the founding Dean. Recognized as a distinguished Psychologist by the Chinese Psychological Society and an expert granted the Special Allowance of the State Council, his extensive research primarily focuses on learning psychology, cognitive teaching psychology, and mental health education. Professor Lian has led numerous national research projects and authored over 260 academic papers, making him one of the most highly cited authors in Chinese psychological research. In the present study, Professor Lian served as the principal theoretical architect, proposing the foundational theoretical framework that guided the conceptual development of this research.

Xuejun Bai is a Professor, a Ph.D. Supervisor, and Vice President of Tianjin Normal University, China. As a distinguished "Changjiang Scholar" appointed by the Ministry of Education and a former President of the Chinese Psychological Society, Professor Bai is a leading figure in psychological research in China. His research primarily utilizes eye-tracking technology to explore the cognitive mechanisms of Chinese reading, with a specific focus on word segmentation, saccade targeting, and the development of eye movement control in both typical readers and children with reading difficulties. He has published extensively in top-tier international journals and received numerous prestigious national awards. In the present study, Professor Bai is the primary architect of the core theory, proposing the foundational theoretical framework and providing overarching conceptual guidance.