https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-rss/?orgId=120351&title=Latest+News A selection of the latest research, academic, and other newsworthy developments at CAMS Lab en-us Copyright 2026 Yale School of Medicine Thu, 14 May 2026 21:36:49 Z https://news.yale.edu/2025/12/10/stress-hormones-can-alter-brain-networks-and-strengthen-emotional-memories https://news.yale.edu/2025/12/10/stress-hormones-can-alter-brain-networks-and-strengthen-emotional-memories A new Yale study investigates how cortisol, a stress-related hormone, helps the brain build emotional memories. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/brain-activity-variable-during-development/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/brain-activity-variable-during-development/ Fluctuations in brain activity increase until mid-adolescence. Deviations from this trajectory are linked to worse executive functioning. Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/how-our-past-trauma-drives-our-brains-response-to-new-stress/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/how-our-past-trauma-drives-our-brains-response-to-new-stress/ When exposed to mild stressors, brain networks associated with past trauma showed reduced connectivity, Yale researchers find. Wed, 06 Aug 2025 12:00:00 Z https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2505965122 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2505965122 Elizabeth Goldfarb, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, is senior author of a paper in PNAS that assesses how trauma-related brain networks respond to current acute stress in real time. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/happy-summer-and-congratulations-to-julia-and-zihan/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/happy-summer-and-congratulations-to-julia-and-zihan/ Congratulations to Julia and Zihan on starting graduate school! Zihan is off to NYU to work with Sebastian Michelmann and Daryl Fougnie, and Julia is going to UCLA to work with Jesse Rissman. We will miss them! Sun, 01 Jun 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.beingpatient.com/stress-brain-cortisol-memory-yale-elizabeth-goldfarb/ https://www.beingpatient.com/stress-brain-cortisol-memory-yale-elizabeth-goldfarb/ Cortisol is often blamed for stress-related health issues. Research shows it can also boost memory. Elizabeth Goldfarb, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, explains in an interview with the online news source Being Patient. Fri, 16 May 2025 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/welcome-emma/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/welcome-emma/ We are excited to host Emma Heling, a PhD student with our collaborator Erno Hermans at the Donders Institute in Nijmegen! Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/five-faculty-elected-to-associate-membership-of-acnp/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/five-faculty-elected-to-associate-membership-of-acnp/ Gustavo A. Angarita, MD, MHS; Joao P. De Aquino, MD; Matthew Girgenti, PhD; Elizabeth Goldfarb, PhD; and Rajiv Radhakrishnan, MD, have been elected to Associate Membership of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2024/09/06/sticky-brain-activity-linked-stronger-feelings-craving https://news.yale.edu/2024/09/06/sticky-brain-activity-linked-stronger-feelings-craving Yale researchers find people with stronger cravings for food or substances get “stuck” in a particular pattern of brain activity. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/new-paper-links-cortisol-salient-memory-and-drinking/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/new-paper-links-cortisol-salient-memory-and-drinking/ We often wish our memories were stronger, but that is not always a good thing. Now out in Journal of Neuroscience, we show that giving cortisol at encoding can boost neural salience processing for experiences alcohol, which does help memory, but can also drive later drinking. Congratulations to co-authors Bailey Harris and Rajita Sinha! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39147591/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/goldfarb-honored-with-2024-klerman-prize-honorable-mention-award/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/goldfarb-honored-with-2024-klerman-prize-honorable-mention-award/ Elizabeth V. Goldfarb, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been recognized by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) as a 2024 Klerman Prize Honorable Mention award recipient. Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/new-paper-on-stress-and-statistical-learning/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/new-paper-on-stress-and-statistical-learning/ In this paper at Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, we find support for the idea that stress can help statistical learning - even when it does not enhance episodic memories. A big team effort with co-authors Brynn Sherman and Nick Turk-Browne, and recent undergraduates Isabella Huang and Elaine Wijaya! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38713878/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/welcome-surf-2024-students/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/welcome-surf-2024-students/ The CAMS Lab is excited to host Trinity Yon (Claflin University) and Alyssa Behuniak (Marist College) as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program! We are also thrilled to welcome back Megan Broderick (Dennison University), a participant in SURF 2023! Fri, 31 May 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/happy-summer-from-the-cams-lab/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/happy-summer-from-the-cams-lab/ Happy summer, and hugs to departing lab members Dawn, Elaine, and Sanya! Fri, 03 May 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/cams-lab-senior-posters/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/cams-lab-senior-posters/ Congratulations to Elaine Wijaya and Sanya, CAMS Lab Neuroscience seniors, on their amazing posters! Wed, 01 May 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/cams-does-canada/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/cams-does-canada/ Graduate students Jean Ye and Irene Zhou present new work at SANS and CNS Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/congratulations-to-dawn-on-graduate-school/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/congratulations-to-dawn-on-graduate-school/ We are excited that Dawn will be joining Nicole Long's lab at University of Virginia for a PhD in Psychology! Mon, 01 Apr 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/new-review-on-memory-integration/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/new-review-on-memory-integration/ Stress is often thought to disrupt memory binding, leading to fragmented and disjointed representations. In a huge undertaking with grad student Krystian Loetscher, we revisit this idea, examining whether stress may actually promote memory integration. We consider the way individual experiences are recalled, how different events are linked together, and how individual memories are embedded into our schemas. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38375503/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 05:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/dr-goldfarb-interviewed-on-under-the-cortex/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/dr-goldfarb-interviewed-on-under-the-cortex/ Özge G. Fischer Baum interviews Lizzie about the lab's recent paper about perceptual generalization and drinking on the APS podcast "Under the Cortex" - listen here! https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/utc-2023-nov-risky-drinkers.html Thu, 16 Nov 2023 05:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/stress-amplifies-the-brains-ability-to-encode-memory-new-study-finds/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/stress-amplifies-the-brains-ability-to-encode-memory-new-study-finds/ The hippocampus is a key brain region involved in encoding memory. Cortisol boosts connectivity in this region to enhance memory, according to Yale researchers. Mon, 09 Oct 2023 21:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/new-paper-on-memory-generalization-in-addiction/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/new-paper-on-memory-generalization-in-addiction/ Now out in Psych Science, we show that overgeneralization - spreading learned associations to situations that look similar - can help us understand substance use! Just as patients with anxiety disorders tend to overgeneralize associations with fear, we found that individuals engaging in risky patterns of alcohol drinking show a tendency to overgeneralize associations with alcohol. Amazing work by Sanghoon Kang, Grace Larrabee, and Sanya Nair! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37682597/ Check out an excellent summary here: https://news.yale.edu/2023/09/21/insights-outcomes-darting-eyes-faculty-honors-and-overgeneralization?utm_source=YaleToday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=YT_YaleToday-Faculty_9-25-2023 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/welcome-zihan/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/welcome-zihan/ We are thrilled to welcome Zihan Bai, new PGA in the CAMS Lab. Zihan completed his BA at The Ohio State University, where he worked with Julie Golomb and Andrew Leber, then received his MA at the University of Chicago, where he worked with YC Leong. Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/memories-in-the-brainsome-new-ideas/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/memories-in-the-brainsome-new-ideas/ In this piece just published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, we argue for a new way of thinking about multiple memory systems: opposing memory representations can both be supported by the same brain structure, and parallel memory representations can be found in distinct structures. Congratulations to co-authors Brynn Sherman and Nick Turk-Browne! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37390333/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/welcome-summer-scholars/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/welcome-summer-scholars/ The CAMS Lab is delighted to host Megan Broderick (SURF program) and Sarah Feng (WTI Summer Scholar) this summer! Picture taken after Sarah's excellent WTI presentation: Top row: Dawn Nguyen, Julia Pratt, Grace Larrabee, Sanya Nair Bottom row: Elizabeth Goldfarb, Sarah Feng, Krystian Loetscher, Megan Broderick Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/congratulations-to-sanghoon-and-flory-on-graduate-school/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/congratulations-to-sanghoon-and-flory-on-graduate-school/ We are so proud of Sanghoon, who will be joining Sam McDougle's lab here in Yale Psychology, and Flory, who will be working with Janice Chen at Chris Honey at Johns Hopkins! Tue, 21 Mar 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/dr-goldfarb-receives-young-investigator-award/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/dr-goldfarb-receives-young-investigator-award/ Dr. Goldfarb received a Young Investigator Award from "Alcoholism and Stress: A Framework For Future Treatment Strategies". This award highlights their outstanding achievement in the field of addiction medicine and stress disorders and includes a presentation in the Young Investigator Symposium at the meeting in May 2023. Tue, 14 Feb 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/goodbye-grace/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/goodbye-grace/ Congratulations to Grace on graduating from Yale College! We will miss having her in the lab and know she will be an amazing doctor. *Update 03/2023: We are delighted to welcome Grace back as a PGA! Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/cams-lab-presents-findings/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/cams-lab-presents-findings/ …some exciting new findings! Sanghoon and Flory shared their work and the 2nd Yale Postgraduate Association symposium, Arianna presented at Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS), and Brynn and Sanghoon gave poster presentations at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, along with a nanosymposium co-chaired by Dr. Goldfarb and CAMS Lab buddy Dr. Clewett. They all did a wonderful job! Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/dr-goldfarb-joins-mdrs/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/dr-goldfarb-joins-mdrs/ Dr. Goldfarb was elected to the Memory Disorders Research Society. MDRS is a by-invitation-only professional society dedicated to the study of memory. Members are engaged in basic and clinical research into how memory works and why it fails. Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/cams-lab-diving-into-stress-effects-within-the-hippocampus/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/cams-lab-diving-into-stress-effects-within-the-hippocampus/ Dr. Goldfarb just received an R21 from the National Institutes of Mental Health to study neural mechanisms of stress effects across hippocampal encoding and prediction. We are delighted to work with Co-I Nick Turk-Browne to follow up on the exciting work that Brynn Sherman started during her PhD! Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/welcome-flory/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/goldfarb/news-article/welcome-flory/ We are excited to welcome Flory (Yuye) Huang, new PGA in the CAMS Lab. Flory joins us after her BA at UCSD, where she worked in the Sanchez-Roige Lab, and her MA at the University of Chicago, where she was part of the Bakkour Memory and Decision Lab. Fri, 22 Jul 2022 04:00:00 Z