Elizabeth Goldfarb, PhD
Assistant Professor of PsychiatryDownloadHi-Res Photo
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Director, Cognitive Neuroscience of Affect, Memories and Stress (CAMS) Lab, Psychiatry
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Psychiatry
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Department of Psychology
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Director, Cognitive Neuroscience of Affect, Memories and Stress (CAMS) Lab, Psychiatry
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Psychiatry
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Department of Psychology
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Director, Cognitive Neuroscience of Affect, Memories and Stress (CAMS) Lab, Psychiatry
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology; Director, Cognitive Neuroscience of Affect, Memories and Stress (CAMS) Lab, Psychiatry
Biography
Dr. Goldfarb is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology and member of the Wu Tsai Institute. She completed her PhD in Psychology: Cognition & Perception with Dr. Elizabeth Phelps at New York University and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology and Psychiatry with Dr. Rajita Sinha at Yale. Her research investigates different forms of learning and memory, how stress changes which parts of our experiences we remember, and the impact of memory on later behavior.
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Education & Training
- PhD
- New York University, Psychology: Cognition and Perception (2017)
- BA
- Bard College, Psychology and Creative Writing (double major) (2010)
Research
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Medical Research Interests
Alcohol Drinking; Association Learning; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms; Emotions; Functional Neuroimaging; Glucocorticoids; Habits; Memory, Episodic; Memory, Long-Term; Stress, Physiological; Stress, Psychological; Substance-Related Disorders
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Rajita Sinha, PhD
Nick Turk-Browne, PhD
Dustin Scheinost, PhD, BS
Joel Gelernter, MD
John Krystal, MD
Katie Garrison, PhD
35Publications
467Citations
Stress, Psychological
Emotions
Association Learning
Alcohol Drinking
Stress, Physiological
Substance-Related Disorders
Publications
2024
Network state dynamics underpin basal craving in a transdiagnostic population
Ye J, Garrison K, Lacadie C, Potenza M, Sinha R, Goldfarb E, Scheinost D. Network state dynamics underpin basal craving in a transdiagnostic population. Molecular Psychiatry 2024, 1-10. PMID: 39183336, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02708-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsConnectome-based predictive modelingBrain responsesRegulation of affective statesSample of healthy controlsTransdiagnostic populationTransdiagnostic sampleHigher cravingMotivational stateCravingFMRI methodsAffective statesScan runsExperimental stimuliNetwork engagementBrain dynamicsClinical implicationsHealthy controlsBrainIndividual variationState dynamicsCharacterize individualsReplication datasetPsychopathologyFMRIEngagementDrawbacks to Strengthening Neural Salience Encoding: A Link Between Cortisol and Risky Drinking
Harris B, Sinha R, Goldfarb E. Drawbacks to Strengthening Neural Salience Encoding: A Link Between Cortisol and Risky Drinking. Journal Of Neuroscience 2024, 44: e1027242024. PMID: 39147591, PMCID: PMC11450530, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1027-24.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsAlcohol motivationInfluence later behaviorEnhance memorySalience responseFemale social drinkersAlcohol drinkingEmotionally salient experiencesResponse to alcoholDouble-blind cross-over designMemory biasSalient memoriesAlcohol-related eventsRisky alcohol drinkingSocial drinkersMotivated behaviorMaladaptive consequencesLateral behaviorCross-over designRisky drinkingMemoryRodent modelsHuman researchSalienceRisky drinkersCortisolAcute Stress Effects on Statistical Learning and Episodic Memory
Sherman B, Huang I, Wijaya E, Turk-Browne N, Goldfarb E. Acute Stress Effects on Statistical Learning and Episodic Memory. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2024, 36: 1741-1759. PMID: 38713878, PMCID: PMC11223726, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_02178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsEpisodic memoryAcute stressStatistical learningEffects of acute stressStress-induced cortisol levelsImpaired episodic memoryModulate learning processesAcute stress effectsImpact hippocampal functionEpisodic encodingRodent workEvidence of learningHippocampal functionStress effectsHippocampal pathwaysLearning tasksBehavioral experimentsPreliminary evidenceCortisol levelsNo stressMemoryMultiple measuresHippocampusScene categoriesParticipantsIntegrating and fragmenting memories under stress and alcohol
Loetscher K, Goldfarb E. Integrating and fragmenting memories under stress and alcohol. Neurobiology Of Stress 2024, 30: 100615. PMID: 38375503, PMCID: PMC10874731, DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2024.100615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsMemory representationsMemory integrationMemory-guided behaviorPre-existing schemaEffects of alcoholMemory bindingAversive learningNegative affectCognitive mechanismsPreclinical findingsMemoryDesign appropriate interventionsIndividual experienceAppropriate interventionsFragmented memoryAlcoholCausal structureAffectBehaviorMultiple levelsFindingsRepresentationStressSchemaIntervention
2023
Hippocampal Mechanisms Support Cortisol-Induced Memory Enhancements
Sherman B, Harris B, Turk-Browne N, Sinha R, Goldfarb E. Hippocampal Mechanisms Support Cortisol-Induced Memory Enhancements. Journal Of Neuroscience 2023, 43: 7198-7212. PMID: 37813570, PMCID: PMC10601369, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0916-23.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMemory enhancementEpisodic memoryAssociative memoryEpisodic memory encodingBrain regionsHigh-resolution functional magnetic resonance imagingHuman hippocampusHigh-resolution fMRIStress-related hormone cortisolHormone cortisolMemory benefitsEmotional memoryMemory encodingEmotional eventsEmotional associationsHippocampal representationsHippocampal signaturesFunctional neuroimagingHippocampal mechanismsStressful eventsFunctional connectivityHippocampal functionMemory formationSalient informationPerceptual Generalization of Alcohol-Related Value Characterizes Risky Drinkers
Kang S, Larrabee G, Nair S, Goldfarb E. Perceptual Generalization of Alcohol-Related Value Characterizes Risky Drinkers. Psychological Science 2023, 34: 1146-1162. PMID: 37682597, PMCID: PMC10985388, DOI: 10.1177/09567976231181516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsSurprise recognition memory testAlcohol-related associationsRecognition memory testAlcohol-related imagesRisky drinkingPerceptual generalizationMemory testPerceptual similarityRisky drinkersNovel situationsAdaptive behaviorMaladaptive responsesOnline experimentPast experienceRisky patternsOvergeneralizationDrinkersDrinkingParticipantsConditioningIndividualsOutcomesExperienceAlcoholBiasAcute Stress Enhances Memory and Preference for Smoking-Related Associations in Smokers
Lee J, Kang S, Maier S, Lee S, Goldfarb E, Ahn W. Acute Stress Enhances Memory and Preference for Smoking-Related Associations in Smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2023, 26: 333-341. PMID: 37589502, DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntad152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsSmoking-related itemsMemory biasesAcute stressNicotine dependenceAccuracy of memoryStress-induced relapseLaboratory-based stressorRole of stressMemory biasMemory recognitionContext memoryLaboratory paradigmContextual memoryVisual stimuliNicotine seekingAssociative memorySevere nicotine dependenceRewarding memoryMemoryControl conditionRelated contextGreater preferenceCurrent studyPotential interventionsItemsMultiple Memory Subsystems: Reconsidering Memory in the Mind and Brain
Sherman B, Turk-Browne N, Goldfarb E. Multiple Memory Subsystems: Reconsidering Memory in the Mind and Brain. Perspectives On Psychological Science 2023, 19: 103-125. PMID: 37390333, PMCID: PMC10756937, DOI: 10.1177/17456916231179146.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsAltmetricConceptsMemory representationsDistinct brain systemsLong-term memoryBrain structuresCross-species findingsSame brain structuresMemory-related structuresMemory researchBrain systemsMemory typesMemory organizationMemoryFuture researchOrganizational principlesClassic theoryMemory subsystemNovel perspectiveRepresentationAmygdalaResearchRecent workLearningMindTheoryDistinct typesBinge drinking is associated with higher cortisol and lower hippocampal and prefrontal gray matter volume: Prospective association with future alcohol intake
Fan S, Goldfarb E, Lacadie C, Fogelman N, Seo D, Sinha R. Binge drinking is associated with higher cortisol and lower hippocampal and prefrontal gray matter volume: Prospective association with future alcohol intake. Neurobiology Of Stress 2023, 25: 100540. PMID: 37323647, PMCID: PMC10265520, DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2023.100540.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsGray matter volumeDorsal lateral prefrontal cortexAlcohol use disorderSmaller gray matter volumeAlcohol intakePrefrontal gray matter volumeBinge drinkingFuture alcohol intakeMatter volumeBilateral dorsal lateral prefrontal cortexCortisol levelsStructural grey matter volumeHigher cortisolWhole-brain voxel-based morphometryAcute alcohol intakeLower gray matter volumeHigh-resolution structural MRIVoxel-based morphometryRegional gray matter volumePosterior parietal cortexMotor cortexSupplementary motorModerate drinkersUse disordersDrinking daysUnderstanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Clues From the Dynamic Brain
Goldfarb E. Understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Clues From the Dynamic Brain. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2023, 8: 345-346. PMID: 37028902, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.01.006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Brain Imaging Study of Affect and Learning
HIC ID2000030825RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date07/31/2024Recruiting ParticipantsMultiple cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms of alcohol processing
HIC ID2000027221RolePrincipal InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date02/28/2025Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18 years - 45 years
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
activity Memory Disorders Research Society
Professional OrganizationsMemberDetails09/14/2022 - Presenthonor Young Investigator Award
National AwardNational Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismDetails02/22/2023United Stateshonor Rising Star Award
National AwardAssociation for Psychological ScienceDetails02/28/2022United States
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- December 13, 2024
Five Faculty Elected to Associate Membership of ACNP
- September 06, 2024Source: Yale News
‘Sticky’ Brain Activity is Linked to Stronger Feelings of Craving
- July 31, 2024
Goldfarb Honored with 2024 Klerman Prize Honorable Mention Award
- October 09, 2023
Stress Amplifies the Brain’s Ability to Encode Memory, New Study Finds
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