Publications
"Nothing in science has any value to society if it is not communicated" - Anne Roe
We believe it is our duty as scientists to openly communicate our findings and tools to the scientific community and the broader public. The Cai Lab is committed to accessible and transparent science.
An opportunistic theory of cellular and systems consolidation
Mednick SC, Cai DJ, Shuman T, Anagnostaras SG, Wixted JT (2011) Trends in Neurosciences
The role of sleep and practice in implicit and explicit motor learning
Rieth CA, Cai DJ, Mednick SC (2010) Behavioural Brain Research
Automated assessment of Pavlovian conditioned freezing and shock reactivity using the VideoFreeze system
Anagnostaras SG, Wood SC, Shuman T, Cai DJ, LeDuc AD, Zurn KR, Sage JR, Herrera GM (2010) Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Sleep and rest facilitate implicit memory in a visual search task
Mednick SC, Makovski T, Cai DJ, Jiang YV (2009) Vision Research
Reconsidering the role of sleep for motor memory consolidation
It all begins with an idea.
Cai DJ and Rickard TC (2009) Behavioral Neuroscience
Sleep selectively enhances hippocampus-dependent memory in mice
Cai DJ, Shuman T, Gorman MR, Sage JR, Anagnostaras SG (2009) Behavioral Neuroscience
REM, not incubation, improves creativity by priming associative networks
Cai DJ, Mednick SA, Harrison EM, Kanady J, Mednick SC (2009) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Sleep-deprivation and Pavlovian fear conditioning
Cai DJ, Shuman T, Harrison EM, Sage JR, Anagnostaras SG (2009) Learning & Memory
Comparing the benefits of caffeine, naps and placebo on verbal, motor and perceptual memory
It all begins with an idea.
Mednick SC, Cai DJ, Kanady J, Drummond SPA (2008) Behavioural Brain Research
Sleep does not enhance motor sequence learning
It all begins with an idea.
Rickard TC, Cai DJ, Rieth CA, Jones J, Ard MC (2008) Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition