Selected Publications
Socioeconomic status and the brain
- Noble, K.G., Norman, M.F. and Farah, M.J. (2005). Neurocognitive correlates of socioeconomic status in kindergarten children. Developmental Science, 8, 74-87.
- Farah, M.J., Shera, D.M., Savage, J.H., Betancourt, L., Giannetta, J.M., Brodsky, N.L., Malmud, E.K. & Hurt, H. (2006). Childhood poverty: Specific associations with neurocognitive development. Brain Research, 1110, 166-174.
- Noble, K.G., Farah, M.J. & McCandliss, B.D. (2006). Socioeconomic background modulates the effect of phonological awareness on reading. Cognitive Development, 21, 349-368.
- Noble K.G., Wolmetz, M.E., Ochs, L.G., Farah, M.J. & McCandliss, B.D. (2006). Brain-behavior relationships in reading acquisition are modulated by socioeconomic factors. Developmental Science, 9, 642-654.
- Noble, K.G., McCandliss, B.D. & Farah, M.J. (2007). Socioeconomic gradients predict individual differences in neurocognitive abilities. Developmental Science, 10(4), 464-80.
- Farah, M.J., Betancourt, L., Shera, D.M., Savage, J.H., Giannetta, J.M., Nancy L. Brodsky, N.L., Elsa K. Malmud, E.K., Hurt, H. (2008). Environmental stimulation, parental nurturance and cognitive development in humans. Developmental Science, 15, 793-801.
- Hackman, D. & Farah, M.J. (2009). Socioeconomic status and brain development. Trends in Cognitive Sciences,13, 65-73.
- Hurt, H. Betancourt, L.M., Giannetta, J.M., Brodsky, N.L. & Farah, M.J. (2009). Children with and without gestational cocaine exposure: A neurocognitive systems analysis. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 31, 334-341.
- Farah, M.J. (2010). Mind, brain and education in socioeconomic context. In M. Ferarri and L. Vuletic (Eds.) The Developmental Interplay of Mind, Brain and Education. Springer.
- Rao, H., Betancourt, L.M., Giannetta, J.M.. Brodsky, N.L., Korczykowski, M., Avants, B.B., Gee, J.C, Wang, J.J., Hurt, H., Detre, J.A., Farah, M.J. (2010). Early parental care is important for hippocampal maturation: Evidence from brain morphology in humans. Neuroimage, 49, 1144-1150.
- Hackman, D.A., Farah, M.J. & Meaney, M.J. (2010). Socioeconomic status and the brain: Mechanistic insights from human and animal research. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 11, 651-659.
Neuroethics
- Farah, M.J. and Wolpe, P.R. (2004). Monitoring and manipulating the human brain: New neuroscience technologies and their ethical implications. Hastings Center Report, 34, 35-45.
- Farah, M.J. & Heberlein, A.S. (2007). Personhood and neuroscience: Naturalizing or nihilating? American Journal of Bioethics — Neuroscience, (Target Article) 7, 37-48. See also our response to commentators.
- Farah, M.J. (2008). Neuroethics and the problem of other minds: Implications of neuroscience evidence for the moral status of brain-damaged patients and nonhuman animals. Neuroethics, 1, 9-18.
- Farah, M.J., Haimm, C., Sankoorikal, G. & Smith, M.E. & Chatterjee, A. (2008). When we enhance cognition with Adderall do we sacrifice creativity? A preliminary study. Psychopharmacology, 202, 541-547.
- Greely, H.T., Sahakian, B., Harris, J., Kessler, R., Gazzaniga, M.S., Campbell, P. & Farah, M.J. (2008). Toward responsible use of cognitive enhancing drugs by the healthy. Nature, 456, 702-705.
- Farah, M.J., Smith, M.E., Gawuga, C., Lindsell, D. & Foster, D. (2009). Brain imaging and brain privacy: A realistic concern? Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21, 119-127
- Farah, M.J. & Murphy, N. (2009). Neuroscience and the soul (letter). Science, 323, 1168.
- Farah, M.J. (2009). A picture is worth a thousand dollars (Editorial), Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21, 623-624.
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Farah, M.J. (2011). Neuroscience and neuroethics in the 21st century. In J. Illes and B.J. Sahakian (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics. Oxford University Press.
- Smith, M.E. & Farah, M.J. (2011). Are prescription stimulants “smart pills”? The epidemiology and cognitive neuroscience of prescription stimulant use by normal healthy individuals. Psychological Bulletin, 137, 717-741.
- Farah, M.J. (in press). Ethical, legal and societal issues in social neuroscience. In J. Decety and J. Cacioppo (Eds.) The Handbook of Social Neuroscience. Oxford University Press.
Prefrontal function and decision-making
- Fellows, L.K. and Farah, M.J. (2005). Different underlying impairments in decision making following ventromedial and dorsolateral frontal lobe damage in humans. Cerebral Cortex, 15, 58-63.
Emotion, mood and neurogenetics
- Chepenik, L.G., Cornew, L.A. & Farah, M.J. (2007). The influence of sad mood on cognition. Emotion, 7, 802-811
- Gillihan, S.J, Rao, H., Wang, J.J., Detre, J.A., Breland, J., Sankoorikal, G.M.V., Kaercher, K.A., Dow, H.C., Brodkin, E.S. & Farah, M.J. (2010). Serotonin transporter genotype modulates amygdala activity during mood regulation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5, 1-10.
- Gillihan, S.J, Rao, H., Brennan, L., Wang, J.J., Detre, J.A., Sankoorikal, G.M.V, Brodkin, E.S. & Farah, M.J. (in press). Serotonin transporter genotype modulates the association between depressive symptoms and amygdala activity among psychiatrically health adults. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
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