Areas of Focus
- Children's Cognitive Development Assessment and Training
- Mathematics Learning Difficulties
- Family Education and Student Development
- Adolescent Psychological Resilience
Work Experience
- Current - Shanghai Normal University - Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
- Current - Shanghai Normal University - Executive Director of the Children's Development and Family Research Center
- Current - Shanghai Normal University - Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Psychology
Academic Background & Achievements
- Ph.D. in Education: East China Normal University
- Visiting Scholar: University of Alberta
Publications
- The cognitive foundations of different hierarchical levels of mathematical skills in primary school children: Extending the mathematics pathways model, Xu, J., & Cai, D.*, 2024
- Down-regulation of theta amplitude through neurofeedback improves executive control network efficiency in healthy children, Xiong, K., Wan, M., Cai, D.*, & Nan, W.*, 2024
- Exploring the role of mutual prediction in inter-brain synchronization during competitive interactions: An fNIRS hyperscanning investigation, Zhang, Y., Ye, W., Yin, J., Wu, Q., Huang, Y., Hao, N., Cui, L.*, Zhang, M.*, & Cai, D.*, 2024
- Executive functions training for 7- to 10-year-old students with mathematics difficulty: Instant effects and 6-month sustained effects, Cai, D., Zhao, J. (CA), Chen, Z., & Liu, D.*, 2023
- Cross-lagged regression study on daily stress, mental health, and psychological burden among young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ding, H., Zhao, J., Cai, D.*, Zhang, X., & Margraf, J., 2023
- Development of perceived family support and positive mental health in junior high school students: A three-year longitudinal study, Hu, S., & Cai, D.*, 2023
- Relationship between self-efficacy, social rhythm, and mental health among college students: a 3-year longitudinal study, Huang, Q., Wang, X. (CA), Ge, Y., & Cai, D.*, 2023
- Executive function and planning features of students with different types of learning difficulties in Chinese junior middle school, Deng, M., Cai, D.*, Zhou, X., Leung, A. W., 2022
- Relationship between social support and positive mental health: A three-wave longitudinal study on college students, Hu, S., Cai, D.*, Zhang, X.C. Margraf., J., 2022
- Alpha/theta ratio neurofeedback training for attention enhancement in normal developing children: A brief report, Nan, W., Wan, M., Jiang, Y., Shi, X., Wan, F., & Cai, D*., 2022
- Cognitive processing features of elementary school children with mathematical anxiety: Attentional control theory-based explanation, Shi, X., Xu, J., Wang, F., & Cai, D*., 2022
- 小学生不同数学技能和 PASS 认知过程的关系: 一年跟踪的交叉滞后分析, 刘佳芸, 郑远霞, & 蔡丹.*, 2022
- 家庭生态系统与初中生心理韧性的发展, 蔡丹*, 徐洁, & 夏添., 2022
- The role of neurological soft signs in different mathematical skills in second and third grade children, Cai, D., Wang, X. (CA), & Kong, L.*, 2022
- Authoritarian parenting effect on children’s executive control and individual alpha peak frequency, Zhang, J., Yan Z., Nan, W. *, & Cai, D.*, 2021
- The effects of working memory training in children revealed by behavioral responses and ERP, Xu, J., Deng, M., Nan, W. *, & Cai, D.*, 2021
- The relationship of resting-state EEG oscillations to executive functions in middle childhood, Cai, D.*, Deng, M., Yu, J., Nan, W.*, Leung, W. S. A., 2021
- Bidirectional relationship between emotional intelligence and perceptions of resilience in adolescents: A twenty-month longitudinal study, Zheng, Y., Cai, D.*, Zhao, J., Yang, C., Xia, T., & Xu, Z., 2021
- 游戏治疗, 蔡丹, & 沈勇强., 2019
- 执行功能训练对数学学习困难小学生数学能力的促进作用, 任偲,蔡丹*., 2019
- 工作记忆训练及对数学能力的迁移作用, 张琳霓,蔡丹*, & 任偲., 2019
- 情绪智力对小学升初中过渡期青少年抑郁焦虑的影响及亲社会行为的中介作用, 徐浙宁, 赵佳林, & 蔡丹*., 2019
- The role of approximate number system in different mathematics skills across grades, Cai, D., Zhang, L., Li, Y., Wei, W*., & Georgiou, G. K., 2018
- Direct and indirect effects of self-concept of ability on math skills, Cai, D.*, Viljaranta, J., & Georgiou, G. K., 2018
- 青少年的心理弹性及自我概念:一年跟踪的交叉滞后分析, 蔡丹, 王凤娟, & 赵佳林*., 2018
- 青少年社会支持、抑郁感和问题行为的关系:有调节的中介作用, 张琳霓, 蔡丹*, 赵佳林, & 徐浙宁., 2018
- 儿童数学与认知训练手册, J. P. Das., & Cai, D., 2017
- Number line estimation predicts mathematical skills: Difference in grades 2 and 4, Zhu, M., Cai, D.*, & Ada W. S. Leung., 2017
- The bidirectional relationship between positive mental health and social rhythm in college students: A three-year longitudinal study, Cai, D., Zhu, M, Lin, M., Zhang, X., & Margraf, J., 2017
- 数困生数字线估计能力的发展及其与PASS各认知过程的关系, 柳笛, & 蔡丹*., 2017
- 大学生社会支持对乐观倾向的影响: 心理弹性与心理一致感的中介作用, 朱美侠, 蔡丹*, & 武云露., 2016
- 不同类型数学任务的PASS认知加工发展特点, 周璇, & 蔡丹*., 2016
- 基于认知加工过程的数学训练方案述评, 蔡丹*, 文茗, & 周璇., 2015
- The role of planning in different mathematical skills, Cai, D., Georgiou, G. K.*, Wen, M., & Das., J. P., 2016
- Cognitive processing characteristics of 6th to 8th grade Chinese students with mathematics learning disability: Relationships among working memory, PASS processes, and processing speed, Cai, D.*, Li, Q., & Deng, C., 2013
- 数学学业不良初中生的工作记忆特点:领域普遍性还是特殊性?, 蔡丹, 李其维, & 邓赐平., 2013
- 数学学习困难初中生的记忆广度特点, 蔡丹, 李其维, & 邓赐平., 2011
- 数学学习困难初中生N-back任务表现特征, 蔡丹, 李其维, & 邓赐平., 2011
- 数学学习困难初中生的中央执行系统特点, 蔡丹, 李其维, & 邓赐平., 2011
- 认知评估系统对中国学前儿童的适用性探究, 蔡丹, 邓赐平*, & 李其维., 2010
- 3-8年级学生数学学习的PASS过程特点, 蔡丹, 李其维, & 邓赐平., 2010
- 工作记忆新探:基于个体差异的研究, 蔡丹, 李其维, & 邓赐平., 2010
- 简评认知神经科学取向的智力观, 蔡丹, & 李其维., 2009
- 别把烦恼带回家——心理治疗师的自我关怀指南, Noreross.J.C., Guy. J. D., 蔡丹, 朱愉. 译., 2009
- 你知道我在想什么吗?, 席居哲主编,蔡丹等副主编., 2015