Areas of Focus
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Implicit Learning
- Mind Wandering
- Father's Role in Adolescent Development
- Reading and Cognitive Processes
Work Experience
- 1985-2004: Assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor at Baoding University
- 2004-present: Associate Professor, Professor at School of Education, Department of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1979-1981: High School at Rongcheng High School, Hebei Province
- 1981-1985: Bachelor's in School Education at Hebei University
- 1991-1992: Assistant Training Class at Peking University
- 1997-2000: Master's in Developmental and Educational Psychology at Hebei University
- 2001-2004: Ph.D. in Developmental and Educational Psychology at Tianjin Normal University
- 2004-2007: Postdoctoral Research at Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University
Publications
- Progress in Learning Theory, Guolai Wu, Lihua Zhang, 2008
- Educational Social Psychology: Theoretical Exploration, Junjie Shi, Yaming Zhang, Huijun Liu, Guolai Wu, 2003
- Meta-analysis of the Relationship between Working Memory Capacity and Mind Wandering Frequency, Guolai Wu, Jingjing Zhang, Fangyuan Ren, Jingjing Yang, Yanhong Jiu, 2019
- Is There a Degree of Mind Wandering in Reading? Evidence from Eye Movements, Guolai Wu, Xiaojuan Yin, Jingjing Zhang, Fangyuan Ren, Yuan Gao, 2018
- The Relationship between Father's Presence and Psychological Resilience in Left-behind Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Emotional Regulation, Guolai Wu, Qiongyao Zhong, Yuanyuan Ren, Jihua Wang, Lili Sun, 2017
- The Impact of Mind Wandering on Chinese Reading Performance, Guolai Wu, Man Zhou, Xiaojuan Yin, 2017
- Revision of the Father's Presence Scale for Middle School Students, Guolai Wu, Mindi Wang, Ping Han, Huiyun Hu, Mengnan Zhang, Changrong Wang, 2016
- Analysis of the Mediating and Moderating Role of Father's Presence in High School Students' Social Adaptation Behavior, Qiongyao Zhong, Ping Han, Huiyun Hu, Guolai Wu, 2017
- Mind Wandering in Reading: Theoretical Hypotheses and Influencing Factors, Guolai Wu, Yuan Gao, Man Zhou, 2016
- The Phenomenon of Mind Wandering in Reading and Its Research Methods, Guolai Wu, Yuan Gao, 2015
- The Relationship between Father's Neglect and Adolescent Self-identity: The Mediating Effect of Emotional Regulation, Guolai Wu, Qiongyao Zhong, Hanqing Chen, 2014
- Age of Acquisition Affects Early Orthographic Processing during Chinese Character Recognition, Baoguo Chen, Kevin Dent, Wenping You, Guolai Wu, 2009
- Experimental Study on Implicit and Explicit Learning Representation in Serial Reaction Time Task, Yong Lü, Wei Hu, Guolai Wu, Deli Shen, 2008
- Differences in Implicit Sequence Learning among 11-year-old Children with Different Cognitive Styles, Guolai Wu, Jianzhong Wo, Xuejun Bai, Deli Shen, 2006
- Developmental Study of Implicit Sequence Learning in Primary, Middle, and High School Students, Guolai Wu, Deli Shen, Xuejun Bai, Jianzhong Wo, 2006
- Research on the Personality Characteristics of Middle School Teachers, Guolai Wu, Jianzhong Wo, 2006
- New Progress in the Study of Neural Mechanisms of Implicit Sequence Learning, Guolai Wu, 2005
- Research on the Influencing Factors of Teaching Efficacy of Middle School Teachers, Guolai Wu, Xuejun Bai, Deli Shen, 2003
- Experimental Study on the Representation of Implicit Sequence Learning, Guolai Wu, Deli Shen, Xuejun Bai, 2003