Professor Paul Downing

Professor in Psychology / Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor

Contact info

Department of Psychology
Adeilad Brigantia
Penrallt Road
Gwynedd LL57 2AS
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 1248 382159
Fax: +44 (0) 1248 382599
Email: p.downing@bangor.ac.uk
Web: https://sites.google.com/view/downinglab/home

  1. Published

    Interactions between visual working memory and selective attention

    Downing, P. E., 1 Nov 2000, In: Psychological Science. 11, 6, p. 467-473

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Domain specificity in visual cortex.

    Downing, P. E., Chan, A. W., Peelen, M. V., Dodds, C. M. & Kanwisher, N., 1 Oct 2006, In: Cerebral Cortex. 16, 10, p. 1453-1461

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation of overlapping lateral occipitotemporal activations using multi-voxel pattern analysis.

    Downing, P. E., Wiggett, A. J. & Peelen, M. V., 3 Jan 2007, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 27, 1, p. 226-233

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Cortical Representation of Faces, Bodies and their Parts.

    Downing, P. E. & Peelen, M., 1 Jan 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  5. Published

    Human parahippocampal cortex supports spatial binding in visual working memory

    Dundon, N., Katshu, M. Z. U., Harry, B., Roberts, D., Leek, C., Downing, P., Sapir, A., Roberts, C. & D-Avossa, G., 15 Sept 2017, In: Cerebral Cortex. 2017, p. 1-11

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Viewpoint-specific scene representations in human parahippocampal cortex.

    Epstein, R., Graham, K. S. & Downing, P. E., 6 Mar 2003, In: Neuron. 37, 5, p. 865-876

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Asymmetric visual representation of sex from human body shape

    Gandolfo, M. & Downing, P., Dec 2020, In: Cognition. 205, 104436.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Perceiving emotion and sex from the body: evidence from the Garner task for independent processes

    Gandolfo, M. & Downing, P., 25 Jun 2019, In: Cognition and Emotion. 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. E-pub ahead of print

    Converging evidence that left extrastriate body area supports visual sensitivity to social interactions

    Gandolfo, M., Abassi, E., Balgova, E., Papeo, L., Downing, P. & Koldewyn, K., 4 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Current Biology. 34, 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Asymmetric visual representation of sex from facial appearance

    Gandolfo, M. & Downing, P., Apr 2023, In: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 30, 2, p. 585-595 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Causal Evidence for Expression of Perceptual Expectations in Category-Selective Extrastriate Regions

    Gandolfo, M. & Downing, P., 5 Aug 2019, In: Current Biology. 29, 15, p. 2496-2500

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Neural networks supporting social evaluation of bodies based on body shape

    Greven, I., Downing, P. & Ramsey, R., May 2019, In: Social Neuroscience. 14, 3, p. 328-344

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Extracting social information from the visual image of bodies

    Greven, I. M., Downing, P. E. & Ramsey, R., 1 Aug 2015, p. 34.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceAbstractpeer-review

  14. Published

    Linking person perception and person knowledge in the human brain

    Greven, I. M., Downing, P. E. & Ramsey, R., 25 Feb 2016, In: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 11, 4, p. 641-651

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Evidence for integrated visual face and body representations in the anterior temporal lobes

    Harry, B. B., Umla-Runge, K., Lawrence, A. D., Graham, K. S. & Downing, P. E., Aug 2016, In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 28, 8, p. 1178-1193

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Evidencing a place for the hippocampus within the core scene processing network

    Hodgetts, C., Shine, J., Lawrence, A., Downing, P. & Graham, K., Nov 2016, In: Human Brain Mapping. 37, p. 3779–3794

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Dissecting the visual perception of body shape with the Garner selective attention paradigm

    Johnstone, L. & Downing, P., Jul 2017, In: Visual Cognition. 25, 4-6, p. 507-523

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Reflections on the hand: The use of a mirror highlights the contributions of interpreted and retinotopic representations in the rubber-hand illusion

    Kontaris, I. & Downing, P. E., 14 Dec 2011, In: Perception. 40, 11, p. 1320-1334

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Dissociation of extrastriate body and biological-motion selective areas by manipulation of visual-motor congruency.

    Kontaris, I., Wiggett, A. J. & Downing, P. E., 1 Dec 2009, In: Neuropsychologia. 47, 14, p. 3118-3124

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    The role of motion in the neural representation of social interactions in the posterior temporal cortex

    Landsiedel, J., Daughters, K., Downing, P. E. & Koldewyn, K., 15 Nov 2022, In: Neuroimage. 262, 119533.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Mapping brain activation and information during category-specific visual working memory

    Linden, D., Oosterhof, N., Klein, C. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2012, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 107, 2, p. 628-639

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    The lateral occipitotemporal cortex in action

    Lingnau, A. & Downing, P. E., 3 Apr 2015, In: Trends in Cognitive Science. 19, 5, p. 268-277

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Accepted/In press

    Action Understanding

    Lingnau, A. & Downing, P., 24 Nov 2023, (Accepted/In press) Cambridge Elements : Elements in Perception. Cambridge University Press, (Elements in Perception).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  24. Published

    Midcingulate responses to others' pain are related to motor processing.

    Morrison, I., Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  25. Published

    Organization of felt and seen pain responses in anterior cingulate cortex.

    Morrison, I. & Downing, P. E., 15 Aug 2007, In: Neuroimage. 37, 2, p. 642-651

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review