Patricia Goldman-Rakic
Patricia Goldman-Rakic | |
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UCLA | |
Awards | List
Source: Yale News:[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neurobiology |
Institutions | Yale University |
Doctoral advisor | Wendell Jeffrey |
Neuropsychology |
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic (
Early life and education
Patricia Shoer was born in
After postdoctoral positions at UCLA and
Research
Goldman-Rakic was the first to discover and describe the circuitry of the prefrontal cortex and its relationship to working memory. Previously, scientists thought that the higher cognitive functions of the prefrontal cortex were beyond the scope of scientific study. 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.
Goldman-Rakic co-authored over 300 scholarly articles and co-edited 3 books.[4] She co-founded the Cerebral Cortex Journal, a specialized publication by Oxford Press, with her husband Dr. Pasko Rakic. Early in her career, she studied the capacity of the brain to repair itself in early development, and was one of the first to use radioactive tracers to examine this phenomenon.[14]
She 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.[15]
Personal life
Goldman-Rakic had two sisters, Dr. Ruth Rappaport, her identical twin, and Dr. Linda Faith Schoer.[16][17] She was married to Dr. Lawrence Goldman.[18] She re-married Pasko Rakic, also a neuroscientist, in 1979.[19]
Death
On July 29, 2003, Goldman-Rakic was struck by a car while crossing a street in
In memory of Goldman-Rakic, Constance and Stephen Lieber created the Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience to celebrate her memory and her discoveries about the brain's frontal lobe. This prize is awarded every year to outstanding scientists, from psychiatrist to molecular neuroscientist, for their impact on the study of cognition. The prize carries an award of $40,000 and the winners are honored at the annual International Awards Dinner in New York City.[20]
Honors and awards
- George Peabody Award (1954) Fyssen Foundation Prize in Neuroscience (1990)
- Merit Award of NIMH (1990)
- Lieber Prize, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (1991)
- Inducted American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)
- Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award (1993)
- John P. McGovern Award in Behavioral Sciences (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (1993) [21]
- Karl Lashley Award, American Philosophical Society (1996)
- Ariëns Kappers Medal, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996)
- Honorary doctorate, Utrecht University (2000)
- Ralph Gerard Prize, Society for Neuroscience (2002)
- Gold Medal for Distinguished Scientific Contributions, American Psychological Association (2002)
- Honorary degree, St. Andrews College of the University of Edinburgh (2003)[16]
- Inducted to the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame, Science & Health category (2008)[22]
Goldman-Rakic was also the President of the Society for Neuroscience from 1989-1990 and a fellow of The American Psychological Association.[1][7]
References
- ^ a b c d e "In Memoriam: Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Preeminent Yale Neuroscientist who Made Groundbreaking Discoveries in Working Memory and Explored the Brain's Frontal Lobe". Yale News. August 1, 2003. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ "Renowned neuroscientist Patricia Goldman-Rakic dies". Yale Bulletin and Calendar. 32 (1). August 29, 2003. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (2003-08-04). "Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic, Neuroscientist, Dies at 66". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ a b "Patricia Goldman-Rakic". Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ a b "Patricia Goldman-Rakic", Newsmakers, Issue 4. Gale Group, 2002. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC
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- ^ a b "Patricia Goldman-Rakic". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ a b Dawson, M (2003). "Patricia Goldman-Rakic dies: Sudden death of multidisciplinary trailblazer in frontal lobe studies shocks the world of neuroscience".
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- ^ Goldman-Rakic, Patricia. "April Thompson" (PDF). Vassar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
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- ^ Goldman-Rakic, Patricia. "Neuroscience" (PDF). In Sage Publications.
- ^ a b c "Goldman-Rakic, Patricia Shoer". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ISSN 1740-634X.
- ^ "Dr. Lawrence Goldman Award in Physiology". University of Maryland School of Medicine. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience". 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Vassar Quarterly" (PDF). Summer 1993. pp. 38–39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "Patricia Goldman-Rakic". Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame.