Dr. Todd Stephen Woodward Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC   BC Mental Health & Addictions Research Institute in Child and Family Research Institute Building Room 116, 3rd Floor, 938 W. 28th Avenue Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5Z 4H4 Map phone: 604-875-2000 x4724  fax: 604-875-3871 toddswoodward(at)gmail.com

Current Research Interests 

The objective of my research program is to gain a functional and anatomical understanding of the brain systems that underlie the primary symptoms of psychosis and schizophrenia. Three lines of research are being pursued. First, the cognitive correlates of the symptoms of psychosis are being explored by way of originally designed cognitive paradigms for memory confidence, source monitoring, reasoning, and semantic association. Second, functional neuroimaging is being utilized to identify the neural underpinnings of these cognitive functions, and how their dysfunction manifests as the symptoms of psychosis. Finally, methodological studies are being carried out which explore issues relating to the design of functional neuroimaging studies, and the analysis of functional neuroimaging data. Results from the methodological and cognitive studies are being integrated into the functional neuroimaging studies on an ongoing basis.

We are always looking for people to participate in this research. Please email brainstudy@gmail.com if you would like more information and if you might want to get involved.

Prospective Graduate Students 

If you are interested in applying to study as a Graduate student in my lab, you can apply through the UBC neuroscience graduate program.

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications (selected from 70 published manuscripts)

Functional Neuroimaging (fMRI)

Woodward, T. S., Metzak, P. D., Meier, B. & Holroyd, C. B. (2008). Anterior cingulate cortex signals the requirement to break inertia when switching tasks: A study of the bivalency effect. NeuroImage, 40, 1311-1318.   PDF

Woodward, T. S., Cairo, T. A., Ruff, C. C., Takane, Y., Hunter, M.A. & Ngan, E.T.C. (2006). Functional connectivity reveals load dependent neural systems underlying encoding and maintenance in verbal working memory. Neuroscience, 139(1), 317-325.   PDF

Woodward, T. S., Ruff, C. C., & Ngan, E. T. C. (2006). Short- and long-term changes in anterior cingulate activation during resolution of task-set competition. Brain Research, 1068(1), 161-169.   PDF

Woodward, T. S., Meier, B., Cairo, T. A., & Ngan, E. T. C. (2006). Temporo-prefrontal coordination increases when semantic associations are strongly encoded. Neuropsychologia, 44, 2308-2314.   PDF

Ruff, C., Woodward, T. S., Laurens, K., & Liddle, P. (2001). The role of the anterior cingulate cortex in conflict processing: Evidence from reverse Stroop interference. NeuroImage, 14(5), 1150-1158.   PDF

Weinstein, S., Werker, J. F., Vouloumanos, A., Woodward, T. S., & Ngan, E. T. C. (2006) Do you hear what I hear? Neural correlates of thought disorder during listening to speech in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 86(1-3), 130-137.   PDF

Cairo, T., Liddle, P.F., Woodward, T. S., Ngan, E. T. C. (2004)  The influence of working memory load on phase specific patterns of cortical activity. Cognitive Brain Research, 21, 377-387.   PDF

Tipper, C., Cairo, T., Woodward, T. S., Phillips, A.,  Liddle, P. F., & Ngan, E. T. C. (2005). Processing efficiency of a verbal working memory system is modulated by amphetamine: an fMRI investigation. Neuropsychopharmacology, 180(4), 634-643.   PDF

Cairo, T. A., Woodward, T. S. & Ngan, E.T.C. (2006). Decreased encoding efficiency in schizophrenia: an fMRI study. Biological Psychiatry, 59(8), 740-746.   PDF

Cognitive Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia

Woodward, T. S., Menon, M., & Whitman, J. C. (2007). Source monitoring biases and auditory hallucinations. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 12(6), 477-494.   PDF

Woodward, T. S., Buchy, L., Moritz, S. & Liotti, M. (2007). A bias against disconfirmatory evidence is associated with delusion proneness in a nonclinical sample. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33(4), 1023-8.   PDF

Woodward, T. S. , Moritz, S., Arnold, M. S., Cuttler, C., Whitman, J. C., Lindsay, D. S. (2006). Increased "hindsight bias" in Schizophrenia. Neuropsychology. 20(4), 461-467.   PDF

Woodward, T. S., Moritz, S., Cuttler, C. & Whitman, J. C. (2006). The contribution of a cognitive bias against disconfirmatory evidence (BADE) to delusions in schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 28, 605-617.   PDF

Woodward, T. S., Moritz, S. & Chen, E. (2006). The contribution of a cognitive bias against disconfirmatory evidence (BADE) to delusions: A study in an Asian sample with first episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia Research, 83, 297-298.   PDF

Woodward, T. S., Menon, M.,  Hu, X. & Keefe, R. S. E. (2006). Optimization of a multinomial model for investigations of hallucinations and delusions with source monitoring. Schizophrenia Research, 85, 106-112.   PDF

Moritz, S., & Woodward, T. S. (2006). The contribution of metamemory deficits to schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 155(1), 15-25.   PDF

Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S., Cuttler, C., Whitman, J. & Watson, J. M. (2004). False memories in schizophrenia. Neuropsychology, 18(2), 276-283.   PDF

Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S. & Chen, E. (2006). Investigation of metamemory dysfunctions in first-episode schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 81(2-3), 247-252.   PDF