Patricia Goldman-Rakic

Patricia Goldman-Rakic
Born	Patricia Shoer April 22, 1937 Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Died	July 31, 2003 Hamden, Connecticut, United States
Alma mater	Vassar, UCLA
Awards	List National Institute of Mental Health grantee (1980–2000) W. Alden Spencer Award, Columbia University (1982) Krieg Cortical Discoverer Award, Cajal Club (1989) inducted National Academy of Sciences (1990) Fyssen Foundation Prize in Neuroscience (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 Award (1993) Karl Spencer Lashley Award, American Philosophical Society (1996) Ariëns Kappers Medal, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996) honorary doctorate, Utrecht University (2000) Gerard Prize, Society for Neuroscience (2002) Source: Yale News:[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Neurobiology
Institutions	Yale University
Doctoral advisor	Wendell Jeffrey

Neuropsychology
Topics Brain regions Clinical neuropsychology Cognitive neuropsychology Cognitive neuroscience Dementia Human brain Neuroanatomy Neurophysiology Neuropsychological assessment Neuropsychological rehabilitation Traumatic brain injury
Brain functions Arousal Attention Consciousness Decision making Executive functions Natural language Learning Memory Motor coordination Perception Planning Problem solving Thought
People Alan Baddeley Arthur L. Benton David Bohm Antonio Damasio Phineas Gage Norman Geschwind Elkhonon Goldberg Patricia Goldman-Rakic Donald O. Hebb Kenneth Heilman Eric Kandel Edith Kaplan Muriel Lezak Benjamin Libet Rodolfo Llinás Alexander Luria Brenda Milner Karl H. Pribram Pasko Rakic Oliver Sacks Mark Rosenzweig Roger W. Sperry Hans-Lukas Teuber Henry Molaison ("H.M.", patient) K.C. (patient)
Tests Benton Visual Retention Test Continuous Performance Task Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery Hayling and Brixton tests Lexical Decision Task Luria-Nebraska neuropsychological battery Mini–mental state examination Rey–Osterrieth complex figure Stroop Test Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Wechsler Memory Scale Wisconsin Card Sorting Task
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic (/rəˈkiːʃ/ rə-KEESH; née Shoer, April 22, 1937 – July 31, 2003) was an American professor of neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry and psychology at Yale University School of Medicine.^[1] She pioneered multidisciplinary research of the prefrontal cortex and working memory.^[2]