Anthony W. Harrison
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About Me

Me

Anthony W. Harrison, PhD

Dr Harrison is a Senior Clinical Psychologist in the Tic Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH). He specialises in the assessment and treatment of children with neurodevelopmental conditions, including tic disorders, and co-occurring mental health difficulties (e.g., OCD and anxiety). As part of his work at GOSH, Dr Harrison also provides consultations to schools and local health services regarding management of the challenges associated with these conditions.

Dr Harrison has a research interest in neurodevelopmental movement disorders. He has a PhD from UNSW Sydney, which explored the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying movement and sensorimotor processing, including the roles of attention and prediction.

Prior to joining the team at GOSH, Dr Harrison’s clinical practice included work at tertiary referral services specialising in OCD, PTSD and anxiety.

email: a.w.harrison@hotmail.com
scholar: Anthony W. Harrison
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5651-9221
twitter: @a_w_harrison
github: a-w-harrison

Publications


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Peer Reviewed

8. Harrison, A. W., Christensen, B. K., & Whitford, T. (in press). Action-effect prediction in volitional and stimulus-driven movement: Investigating sensory attenuation and misprediction sensitivity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. [Accepted Manuscript PDF]

7. Bryant, R. A., Dawson, K. S., Yadav, S., Tran, J., Choi-Christou, J., Rawson, N., Tockar, J., Stech, E., Garber, B., Broomfield, C., Harrison, A. W., Keyan, D., & Azevedo, S. (2025). Augmenting trauma‐focused cognitive behavior therapy for post‐traumatic stress disorder with memory specificity training: a randomized controlled trial. World Psychiatry, 24, 113-119. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21280 [pdf]

6. Deady, M., Collins, D. A., Azevedo, S., Stech, E., Harrison, A. W., Broomfield, C., Yadav, S., Gayed, A., Harvey, S. B., & Bryant, R. (2024). Integration of a smartphone app with posttraumatic stress disorder treatment for frontline workers: a pilot study. Australian Journal of Psychology, 76(1), 2399112. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2024.2399112 [pdf]

5. Harrison, A. W., Hughes, G., Rudman, G., Christensen, B. K., & Whitford, T. J. (2023). Exploring the internal forward model: Action-effect prediction and attention in sensorimotor processing. Cerebral Cortex, bhad189. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad189 [pdf]

4. Harrison, A. W., Mannion, D. J., Jack, B. N., Griffiths, O., Hughes, G., & Whitford, T. J. (2021). Sensory attenuation is modulated by the contrasting effects of predictability and control. NeuroImage, 118103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118103 [pdf]

3. Harrison, A. W., Shou, Y., & Christensen, B. K. (2021). A cognitive model of delusion propensity through dysregulated correlation detection. Schizophrenia Research, 237, 93-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2021.08.025 [pdf]

2. Monds, L. A., Cullen, H. J., Kloft, L., Sumampouw, N., van Golde, C., Harrison, A. W., & Otgaar, H. (2021). Police perceptions of eyewitness impairment due to alcohol and other drug use: a cross-cultural comparison. Police Practice and Research, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2021.1979397 [pdf]

1. Monds, L. A., Cullen, H. J., Kloft, L., van Golde, C., Harrison, A. W., & Flowe, H. (2021). Memory and credibility perceptions of alcohol and other drug intoxicated witnesses and victims of crime. Psychology, Crime & Law, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2021.1962871 [pdf]


Preprints and Working Papers

5. Harrison, A. W. (2022). Attention, prediction and sensory attenuation: A neurophysiological investigation of the internal forward model [Doctoral dissertation, UNSW Sydney]. UNSWorks. https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/24557 [pdf]

4. Harrison, A. W., Christensen, B. K., & Whitford, T. J. (2022). Action-effect prediction in volitional and stimulus-driven movement: An investigation of error monitoring. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/t2bwk [pdf]

3. Foster, J., Harrison, A. W., Brown, K., Manton, E., Wilkinson, C. & Ferguson, A. (2017). Anytime, anyplace, anywhere? Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education. https://fare.org.au/wp-content/uploads/AVAILABILITY-REPORT-30-May-2017-FINAL.pdf [pdf]

2. Georgeson, C., & Harrison, A. W. (2015). Regional impacts of the accelerated decline of the manufacturing sector in Australia. Department of Industry and Science. https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/staff-research-papers/regional-impacts-of-the-accelerated-decline-of-the-manufacturing-sector-in-australia [pdf]

1. Swanepoel, J. A., & Harrison, A. W. (2015). The business size distribution in Australia Department of Industry and Science. https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/staff-research-papers/the-business-size-distribution-in-australia [pdf]


Presentations

Conference Presentations

9. Archer, I. M. G., Shoaib, M., Harrison, A. W., Gilmour, J., Hadji-Michael, M., Nedoma, R., Shavel-Jessop, S., & Murphy, T. (2024). Adapting psychoeducation to accommodate neurodiversity among young people with Tourette syndrome [Poster Presentation]. 16th International Conference on Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders, Varese, Italy.

8. Chung, L. C., Harris, A., Griffiths, O., Jack, B., Le Pelley, M. E., Spencer, K. M., Barreiros, A. R., Harrison, A. W., Han, N., Libesman, S., Pearson, D., Elijah, R., Chan, S. S., Chong, G. H., So, S. H., & Whitford, T. J. (2024). Neurophysiological evidence of motor preparation dysfunction to inner speech in schizophrenia [Conference Presentation]. 32nd European Congress of Psychiatry (ECP), Budapest, Hungary.

7. Harrison, A. W., Christensen, B. K., & Whitford, T. J. (2022). Action-effect prediction in sensory attenuation and error monitoring: Distinguishing stimulus-driven and volitional movement [Conference Presentation]. Australian Brain and Psychological Sciences Meeting, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.

6. Harrison, A. W. (2020). Sensory attenuation is modulated by the contrasting effects of predictability and control [Conference Presentation]. UNSW Forensic and Clinical Psychology Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

5. Christensen, B. & Harrison, A. W. (2019). Delusional ideation as the result of error signal dysregulation in the assessment of correlation [Conference Presentation]. 7th European Conference on Schizophrenia Research (ECSR), Berlin, Germany.

4. Harrison, A. W., Christensen, B. & Shou, Y. (2018). Delusional ideation through dysregulated error in the detection of correlation [Conference Presentation]. The Sydney Postgraduate Psychology Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

3. Harrison, A. W., (2017). Corporate Political Donations from the Alcohol Industry [Conference Presentation]. The Global Alcohol Policy Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

2. Harrison, A. W., (2015). Declining Self-Employment: Examining Evidence and Labour Market Impacts of Business Consolidation [Conference Presentation]. The Australian Conference of Economists, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

1. Harrison, A. W., & Georgeson, C. (2014). Regional Impacts of the Accelerated Decline of the Manufacturing Sector in Australia [Conference Presentation]. The Australian Conference of Economists, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.


Teaching

Casual Academic

2021
PSYC2101 Assessment, Personality and Psychopathology (T3) [Student Evaluations]
PSYC2071 Perception and Cognition (T3) [Student Evaluations]
PSYC2001 Research Methods 2 (T1) [Student Evaluations]

2020
PSYC2071 Perception and Cognition (T3) [Student Evaluations]
PSYC2001 Research Methods 2 (T1) [Student Evaluations]

2019
PSYC2071 Perception and Cognition (S2) [Student Evaluations]
PSYC2001 Research Methods 2 (S1)

2018
PSYC2071 Perception and Cognition (S2)
Last updated 4 March 2025