Dr Tom Farrow
Clinical Neuroscience, Sheffield University
- Email Address
- t.f.farrow@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44(0)114 226 1511
- Website
- http://www.shef.ac.uk/medicine/staff/farrow.html
- Project Role
Senior Lecturer in Psychiatric Neuroimaging based within Academic Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Lead Investigator on the Neuroimaging (fMRI) component of the project.
- Research Interests
Structural and functional MR brain imaging and electrophysiology in psychiatric patients and healthy volunteers.
- Example Publications
Whitford T.J., Farrow T.F.D., Harris A.W.F., Gomes L., Brennan J., Williams L.M. Delusionality and dorsomedial frontal cortex volume in first-episode schizophrenia: a voxel-based morphometry study. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 172, 175-179 (2009). VIEW PUBLICATION
Farrow T.F.D., Hunter M.D., Wilkinson I.D., Spence S.A. A neuroanatomical basis for the frequency of discreet spontaneous activities in people with schizophrenia. The Open Neuroimaging Journal (TONIJ). 3, 1-6 (2009). GO TO JOURNAL WEBSITE
Thiyagesh S.N., Farrow T.F.D. (Co-principal author), Parks R.W., Accosta-Mesa H., Young C., Wilkinson I.D., Hunter M.D., Woodruff P.W.R. The neural basis of visuospatial perception in Alzheimer’s disease and healthy elderly controls – an fMRI study. Psychiatry Research-Neuroimaging. 172(2), 109-116 (2009). GO TO JOURNAL WEBSITE
Mason S., Farrow T.F.D., Fawbert D., Smith R., Bath P.A., Hunter M.D., Woodruff P.W.R., Turpin G. The development of a clinically useful tool for predicting the development of psychological disorder following injury. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 48(1), 31-45 (2009). DOWNLOAD PDF
Spence S.A., Kaylor-Hughes C.J., Farrow T.F.D., Wilkinson I.D. Speaking of secrets and lies: The contribution of ventrolateral prefrontal cortex to vocal deception. NeuroImage. 40(3), 1411-1418 (2008). DOWNLOAD PDF
Zipparo L., Whitford T.J., Redoblado Hodge M.A., Lucas S., Farrow T.F.D., Brennan J., Gomes L., Williams L.M., Harris A.W.F. Investigating the neuropsychological and neuroanatomical changes that occur over the first 2-3 years of illness in patients with first-episode schizophrenia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (ProgNPBP) . 32, 531-538 (2008). VIEW PUBLICATION
Farrow T.F.D., Woodruff P.W.R. (Eds.) Empathy in Mental Illness. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN:9780521847346. (2007). VIEW PUBLICATION
Farrow T.F.D. Neuroimaging of empathy. In Empathy in Mental Illness. pp. 201-216. Farrow T.F.D., Woodruff P.W.R. (Eds.) Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK: ISBN:9780521847346 (2007). DOWNLOAD PDF
Birkett P.B.L., Hunter M.D., Parks R.W., Farrow T.F.D., Lowe H., Wilkinson I.D., Woodruff P.W.R. Voice familiarity engages auditory cortex. NeuroReport. 18(13), 1375-1378 (2007). DOWNLOAD PDF
Whitford T.J., Farrow T.F.D., Rennie C.J., Grieve S.M., Gomes L., Brennan J., Harris A.W.F., Williams L.M. Longitudinal changes in neuroanatomy and neural activity in early schizophrenia. NeuroReport. 18(5), 435-439 (2007). DOWNLOAD PDF
Whitford T.J., Grieve S.M., Farrow T.F.D., Gomes L., Brennan J., Harris A.W.F., Gordon E., Williams L.M. Volumetric white matter abnormalities in first-episode schizophrenia: a longitudinal, tensor based morphometry study. American Journal of Psychiatry. 164(7), 1082-1089 (2007). DOWNLOAD PDF
Farrow T.F.D., Thiyagesh S.N., Wilkinson I.D., Parks R.W., Ingram L., Woodruff P.W.R. Fronto-temporal-lobe atrophy in early-stage Alzheimer’s disease identified using an improved detection methodology. Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging. 155(1), 11-19 (2007). DOWNLOAD PDF
Lee K.H., Farrow T.F.D., Parks R.W., Newton L.D., Mir N.U., Egleston P.N., Brown W.H., Wilkinson I.D., Woodruff P.W.R. Increased cerebellar vermis white-matter volume in men with schizophrenia. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 41(8), 645-651 (2007). DOWNLOAD PDF
Whitford T.J., Grieve S.M., Farrow T.F.D., Gomes L., Brennan J., Harris A.W.F., Williams L.M. Progressive grey matter atrophy over the first 2-3 years of illness in first-episode schizophrenia: a tensor-based morphometry study. NeuroImage. 32(2), 511-519 (2006). DOWNLOAD PDF
Farrow T.F.D., Dickson J.M., Grünewald R.A. A six-year follow-up MRI study of complicated early childhood convulsion. Pediatric Neurology. 35(4), 257-260 (2006). DOWNLOAD PDF
Farrow T.F.D., Hunter M.D., Haque R., Spence S.A. Modafinil and unconstrained motor activity in schizophrenia: Double-blind crossover placebo-controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry. 189(5), 461-462 (2006). DOWNLOAD PDF
Lee K.H., Brown W.H., Egleston P.N., Green R.D.J., Farrow T.F.D., Hunter M.D., Parks R.W., Wilkinson I.D., Spence S.A., Woodruff P.W.R. A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of social cognition in schizophrenia during an acute episode and after recovery. American Journal of Psychiatry. 163(11), 1926-1933 (2006). DOWNLOAD PDF
Hunter M.D., Eickhoff S.B., Miller T.W.R., Farrow T.F.D., Wilkinson I.D., Woodruff P.W.R. Neural activity in speech-sensitive auditory cortex during silence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) . 103(1), 189-194 (2006). DOWNLOAD PDF
Spence S.A., Hunter M.D., Farrow T.F.D., Green R.D.J., Leung D., Hughes C.J., Manian G.V.S. A cognitive neurobiological account of deception: evidence from functional neuroimaging. In Law and the Brain. pp. 169-182. Goodenough O., Zeki S. (Eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK: ISBN:9780198570103 (2005). DOWNLOAD PDF
Farrow T.F.D., Woodruff P.W.R. Neuroimaging of forgivability. In Handbook of Forgiveness. pp. 259-273. Everett L. Worthington, Jr. (Ed.). Brunner-Routledge, New York: ISBN:0415949491 (2005). DOWNLOAD PDF
Farrow T.F.D., Whitford T.J., Williams L.M., Gomes L., Harris A.W.F. Diagnosis-related regional grey matter loss over two years in first episode schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Biological Psychiatry. 58(9), 713-723 (2005). DOWNLOAD PDF
Farrow T.F.D., Hunter M.D., Wilkinson I.D., Green R.D.J., Spence S.A. Structural brain correlates of unconstrained motor activity in people with schizophrenia. British Journal of Psychiatry. 187(5), 481-482 (2005). DOWNLOAD PDF
Farrow T.F.D., Hunter M.D., Wilkinson I.D., Gouneea C., Fawbert D., Smith R., Mason S., Lee K.H., Spence S.A., Woodruff P.W.R. Quantifiable change in functional brain response to empathic and forgivability judgments with resolution of posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging. 140(1), 45-53 (2005). DOWNLOAD PDF
Hughes C.J., Farrow T.F.D., Hopwood M.C., Pratt A., Hunter M.D., Spence S.A. Recent developments in deception research. Current Psychiatry Reviews. 1(3), 273-279 (2005). DOWNLOAD PDF
Whitford T.J., Farrow T.F.D., Gomes L., Brennan J., Harris A.W.F., Williams L.M. Grey matter deficits and symptom profile in first-episode schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research – Neuroimaging. 139(3), 229-238 (2005). DOWNLOAD PDF
Lee K.H., Farrow T.F.D., Spence S.A., Woodruff P.W.R. Social cognition, brain networks and schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine. 34, 391-400 (2004). DOWNLOAD PDF
Spence S.A., Hunter M.D., Farrow T.F.D., Green R.D.J., Leung D., Hughes C.J., Manian G.V.S. A cognitive neurobiological account of deception: evidence from functional neuroimaging. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences - dedicated issue “Law and the Brain”. 359, 1755-1762 (2004). DOWNLOAD PDF
Wignall E., Dickson, J.M., Vaughan P., Farrow T.F.D., Hunter M.D., Woodruff P.W.R. Smaller hippocampal volume in patients with recent onset posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological Psychiatry. 56, 832-836 (2004). DOWNLOAD PDF
Spence S.A., Farrow T.F.D., Leung D., Shah S., Reilly R., Rahman T.A., Herford A.E. Lying as an executive function. In Malingering and Illness Deception: Clinical and Theoretical Perspectives. pp. 255-267. P.W. Halligan, C. Bass & D. Oakley (Eds.). Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK: ISBN:0198515545 (2003). DOWNLOAD PDF
Farrow T.F.D., Rahman T.A., Reilly R., Herford A.E., Woodruff P.W.R., Spence S.A. Sex and personality traits impact upon the difference between time taken to tell the truth or lie. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 97, 451-460 (2003). DOWNLOAD PDF
Hunter M.D., Farrow T.F.D., Papadakis N.G., Wilkinson I.D., Woodruff P.W.R., Spence S.A. Approaching an ecologically valid functional anatomy of spontaneous ‘willed’ action. NeuroImage. 20, 1264-1269 (2003). DOWNLOAD PDF
Hunter M.D., Griffiths T.D., Farrow T.F.D., Hegde N., Wilkinson I.D., Woods W., Zheng Y., Woodruff P.W.R. A neural basis for the perception of voices in external auditory space. Brain. 126, 161-169 (2003). DOWNLOAD PDF
Farrow T.F.D., Zheng Y., Wilkinson I.D., Spence S.A., Deakin J.F.W., Tarrier N., Griffiths P.D., Woodruff P.W.R. Investigating the functional anatomy of empathy and forgiveness. NeuroReport. 12(11), 2433-2438 (2001). DOWNLOAD PDF
Spence S.A., Farrow T.F.D., Herford A.E., Wilkinson I.D., Zheng Y., Woodruff P.W.R. Behavioural and functional anatomical correlates of deception in humans. NeuroReport. 12(13), 2849-2853 (2001). DOWNLOAD PDF
Grünewald R.A., Farrow T.F.D., Vaughan P., Rittey C.D.C., Mundy J.V.B. A magnetic resonance study of complicated early childhood convulsion. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. 71(5), 638-642 (2001). DOWNLOAD PDF
- Main Projects I'm Involved In
- Neurophysiology





