Patricia Goldman-Rakic
Patricia Goldman-Rakic · Science & Medicine
Neuroscientist who mapped the working-memory circuits of the prefrontal cortex.
1937, Salem, Massachusetts, United States — 2003, Hamden, Connecticut, United States
United States
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic was a neuroscientist who mapped the working-memory circuits of the prefrontal cortex, transforming understanding of higher cognition and its disorders. Born Patricia Shoer into a Jewish family in Salem, Massachusetts, she spent much of her career at Yale.
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Neuroscientist who mapped the working-memory circuits of the prefrontal cortex.
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