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
- 2010
- Published
fMRI-adaptation studies of viewpoint tuning in the extrastriate and fusiform body areas.
Taylor, J. C., Wiggett, A. J. & Downing, P. E., 1 Mar 2010, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 103, 3, p. 1467-1477Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Unitary haptic perception: integrating moving tactile inputs from anatomically adjacent and non-adjacent digits.
Peelen, M. V., Rogers, J., Wing, A. M., Downing, P. E. & Bracewell, R. M., 1 Jul 2010, In: Experimental Brain Research. 204, 3, p. 457-464Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Functional characterisation of the extrastriate body area based on the N1 ERP component.
Taylor, J. C., Roberts, M. V., Downing, P. E. & Thierry, G., 1 Aug 2010, In: Brain and Cognition. 73, 3, p. 153-159Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Surface-based information mapping reveals crossmodal vision-action representations in human parietal and occipitotemporal cortex.
Oosterhof, N. N., Wiggett, A. J., Diedrichsen, J., Tipper, S. P. & Downing, P. E., 1 Aug 2010, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 104, 2, p. 1077-1089Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2011
- Published
A comparison of volume-based and surface-based multi-voxel pattern analysis.
Oosterhof, N. N., Wiestler, T., Downing, P. E. & Diedrichsen, J., 15 May 2011, In: Neuroimage. 56, 2, p. 593-600Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Learning associations between action and perception: Effects of incompatible training on body part and spatial priming
Wiggett, A. J., Hudson, M., Tipper, S. P. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jun 2011, In: Brain and Cognition. 76, 1, p. 87-96Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Faces and eyes in human lateral prefrontal cortex.
Chan, A. W. & Downing, P. E., 2 Jun 2011, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 5, 51, p. 1-10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Representations of action in occipito-temporal cortex.
Wiggett, A. J. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jul 2011, In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 23, 7, p. 1765-1780Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The role of occipitotemporal body-selective regions in person perception
Downing, P. E. & Peelen, M. V., 1 Nov 2011, In: Cognitive Neuroscience. 2, 3-4, p. 186-203Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Division of labor between lateral and ventral extrastriate representations of faces, bodies, and objects
Taylor, J. C. & Downing, P. E., 1 Dec 2011, In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 23, 12, p. 4122-4137Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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. 1320-1334Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2012
- 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. 628-639Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Viewpoint (In)dependence of Action Representations: An MVPA Study
Oosterhof, N. N., Tipper, S. P. & Downing, P. E., 1 Apr 2012, In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 24, 4, p. 975-989Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2013
- Published
A Causal Role for the Extrastriate Body Area in Detecting People in Real-World Scenes
van Koningsbruggen, M. G., Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 17 Apr 2013, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 33, 16, p. 7003-7010Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
A Critical Role for the Hippocampus and Perirhinal Cortex in Perceptual Learning of Scenes and Faces: Complementary Findings from Amnesia and fMRI
Mundy, M. E., Downing, P. E., Dwyer, D. M., Honey, R. C. & Graham, K. S., 19 Jun 2013, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 33, 25, p. 10490-10502Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2014
- Published
Brain Correlates of Experience-Dependent Changes in Stimulus Discrimination Based on the Amount and Schedule of Exposure
Mundy, M. E., Downing, P. E., Honey, R. C., Singh, K. D., Graham, K. S. & Dwyer, D. M., 26 Jun 2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The effect of personal grooming on self-perceived body image
van Paasschen, J., Walker, S. C., Phillips, N., Downing, P. E. & Tipper, S. P., 12 Dec 2014, In: International Journal of Cosmetic Science. 37, 1, p. 108-115Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2015
- Published
The lateral occipitotemporal cortex in action
Lingnau, A. & Downing, P. E., 3 Apr 2015, In: Trends in Cognitive Science. 19, 5, p. 268-277Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Body selectivity in occipitotemporal cortex: Causal evidence
Downing, P. E. & Peelen, M. V., 1 Jun 2015, In: Neuropsychologia. 83, p. 138-148Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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 conference › Abstract › peer-review
- Published
Lesions of the Medial Occipito-Temporal cortex affect spatial binding of sensory and memory data
D-Avossa, G. G., Dundon, N. M., Leek, C., D'Avossa, G., Dundon, N., Katshu, M. Z., Roberts, D., Harry, B., Roberts, C., Downing, P. E. & Leek, E. C., 1 Aug 2015, In: Perception. 44, p. 43Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Separate neural representations of visual and haptic object size
Watt, S. J., Perini, F., Watt, S. & Downing, P. E., 1 Aug 2015, In: Perception. 44, 1, p. 340-341Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2016
- 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. 641-651Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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. 1178-1193Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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. 3779–3794Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
- 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. 507-523Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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. 1-11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Category selectivity in human visual cortex: beyond visual object recognition
Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P., Oct 2017, In: Neuropsychologia. 105, p. 177-183Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2018
- Published
Neural Responses to Visually Observed Social Interactions
Walbrin, J., Downing, P. & Koldewyn, K., Apr 2018, In: Neuropsychologia. 112, April, p. 31-39Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
fMRI repetition suppression reveals no sensitivity to trait judgments from faces in face perception or theory-of-mind networks
Butler, E., Ward, R., Downing, P. & Ramsey, R., 14 Aug 2018, In: PLoS ONE. 13, 8, e0201237.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
- Published
Automatic imitation remains unaffected under cognitive load
Ramsey, R., Darda, K. M. & Downing, P., May 2019, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology - Human Perception and Performance. 45, 5, p. 601-615Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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. 328-344Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
- 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. 2496-2500Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2020
- Published
Neural representations of haptic object size in the human brain revealed by multivoxel fMRI patterns
Perini, F., Powell, T., Watt, S. & Downing, P., 1 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 124, 1, p. 218-231Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Examining the value of body gestures in social reward contexts
Williams, E., Bilbao-Broch, L., Downing, P. & Cross, E., 15 Nov 2020, In: Neuroimage. 222, 117276.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Asymmetric visual representation of sex from human body shape
Gandolfo, M. & Downing, P., Dec 2020, In: Cognition. 205, 104436.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2022
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
- 2023
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Testing cognitive theories with multivariate pattern analysis of neuroimaging data
Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P., 3 Jun 2023, In: PsyArXiv Preprints.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Testing cognitive theories with multivariate pattern analysis of neuroimaging data
Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P., Sept 2023, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 7, p. 1430-1441Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2024
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Characterizing the discriminability of visual categorical information in strongly connected voxels
Walbrin, J., Downing, P., Sotero, F. D. & Almeida, J., 12 Mar 2024, In: Neuropsychologia. 195, 108815.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Action Understanding
Lingnau, A. & Downing, P., 9 May 2024, Cambridge Elements : Elements in Perception. Cambridge University Press, 76 p. (Elements in Perception).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
- Published
Representation of Sex from the Face and Body: Evidence from a Visual Adaptation Task
Mitev, D., Koldewyn, K. & Downing, P., Aug 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
- E-pub ahead of print
Are there cortical somatotopic motor maps outside of the human precentral gyrus?
Mitev, D., Koldewyn, K. & Downing, P., 3 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Neurophysiology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2025
- E-pub ahead of print
Boosting forward connectivity between primary visual and body selective cortex reduces interference between sex and emotion judgements of bodies
Gandolfo, M., D'Argenio, G., Downing, P. & Urgesi, C., 15 Apr 2025, In: Neuroimage. 310, p. 121102Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review