Patricia Goldman-Rakic was an American professor of neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry and psychology at Yale University School of Medicine.
15 Facts About Patricia Goldman-Rakic
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic pioneered multidisciplinary research of the prefrontal cortex and working memory.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic's father, Irving Shoer, was the son of Latvian immigrants and her mother, Jenny Pearl, was a Russian immigrant.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic grew up in Peabody, Massachusetts and attended Peabody High School.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic moved to Yale School of Medicine in 1979 where she remained until her death.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic was The Eugene Higgins Professor of Neuroscience in the neurobiology department with joint appointments in the departments of psychiatry, neurology, and psychology.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic was the first to discover and describe the circuitry of the prefrontal cortex and its relationship to working memory.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic's research showed that methods employed to study the sensory cortices could be adapted to the highest order prefrontal cortical areas, revealing the circuit basis for higher cognitive function.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic used a multidisciplinary approach, applying biochemical, electrophysiological, pharmacological, anatomical and behavioral techniques to study working memory.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic pioneered the first studies of dopamine influences on prefrontal cortical function, research that is critical to our understanding of schizophrenia, ADHD and Parkinson's disease.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic co-authored over 300 scholarly articles and co-edited 3 books.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic co-founded the Cerebral Cortex Journal, a specialized publication by Oxford Press, with her husband Dr Pasko Rakic.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic used microelectrode recording in her research and challenged the traditional notion that memory was not controlled or involved in the frontal lobe; she asserted that working memory was in its own structure apart from long-term memory.
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic had two sisters, Dr Ruth Rappaport, her identical twin, and Dr Linda Faith Schoer.
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On July 29,2003, Patricia Goldman-Rakic was struck by a car while crossing a street in Hamden, Connecticut.