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

    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. 43

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Material-independent and material-specific activation in functional MRI after perceptual learning.

    Mundy, M. E., Honey, R. C., Downing, P. E., Wise, R. G., Graham, K. S. & Dwyer, D. M., 28 Oct 2009, In: Neuroreport. 20, 16, p. 1397-1401

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. 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

  6. Published

    Neural Correlates of Appetite and Hunger-Related Evaluative Judgments.

    Parkinson, C., Piech, R. M., Lewis, J., Parkinson, C. H., Owen, A. M., Roberts, A. C., Downing, P. E. & Parkinson, J. A., 12 Aug 2009, In: PLoS ONE. 4, 8, p. e6581

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Neural Responses to Visually Observed Social Interactions

    Walbrin, J., Downing, P. & Koldewyn, K., Apr 2018, In: Neuropsychologia. 112, April, p. 31-39

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Neural correlates of affective influence on choice.

    Parkinson, C., Piech, R. M., Lewis, J., Parkinson, C. H., Owen, A. M., Roberts, A. C., Downing, P. E. & Parkinson, J. A., 1 Mar 2010, In: Brain and Cognition. 72, 2, p. 282-288

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. 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

  10. 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. 218-231

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. 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

  12. Published

    Pattern analysis of biological motion selectivity.

    Wiggett, A. J., Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  13. Published

    Patterns of fMRI activity dissociate overlapping functional brain areas that respond to biological motion.

    Peelen, M. V., Wiggett, A. J. & Downing, P. E., 16 Mar 2006, In: Neuron. 49, 6, p. 815-822

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Published
  17. 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. 1765-1780

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Response-specific effects of pain observation on motor behavior.

    Downing, P. E., Morrison, I., Poliakoff, E., Gordon, L. & Downing, P., 1 Aug 2007, In: Cognition. 104, 2, p. 407-416

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Scene representations in the parahippocampal place area are view-point specific.

    Downing, P. E., Epstein, R., Graham, K. S., Kanwisher, N. & Downing, P., 1 Jan 2002.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  20. Published

    Selectivity for the human body in the fusiform gyrus.

    Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2005, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 93, 1, p. 603-608

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Selectivity for the human body in the fusiform gyrus.

    Downing, P. E. & Peelen, M., 1 Jan 2004.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  22. 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. 340-341

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Strong category-selectivity is rare in human visual cortex.

    Downing, P. E., Dodds, C. M., Chan, A. W. & Turnbull, O., 1 Jan 2003.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  24. Published

    Suppression of involuntary spatial response activation requires selective attention

    Ward, R., Danziger, S., Quirk, R. T., Goodson, L. & Downing, P. E., 1 Feb 2005, In: Visual Cognition. 12, 2, p. 376-394

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. 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. 1077-1089

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Testing cognitive models of visual attention with fMRI and MEG.

    Downing, P. E., Downing, P., Liu, J. & Kanwisher, N., 1 Jan 2001, In: Neuropsychologia. 39, 12, p. 1329-1342

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Testing cognitive theories with multivariate pattern analysis of neuroimaging data

    Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P., Sept 2023, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 7, p. 1430-1441

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    The N170 face-selectivity is an artefact driven by inter-stimulus perceptual variance

    Thierry, G., Martin, C., Downing, P. & Pegna, A., 1 Jan 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  30. 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. 108-115

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. Published

    The effect of viewpoint on body representation in the extrastriate body area.

    Chan, A. W., Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 25 Oct 2004, In: Neuroreport. 15, 15, p. 2407-2410

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  32. Published

    The face network: Overextended? (Comment on 'Let's face it: it's a cortical network' by Alumit Ishai)

    Wiggett, A. J. & Downing, P. E., 1 Apr 2008, In: Neuroimage. 40, 2, p. 420-422

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  33. 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

  34. Published

    The neural basis of visual body perception.

    Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Aug 2007, In: Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 8, 8, p. 636-648

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  35. 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

  36. 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. 186-203

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  37. Published

    The role of the extrastriate body area in action perception.

    Downing, P. E., Peelen, M. V., Wiggett, A. J. & Tew, B. D., 1 Mar 2006, In: Social Neuroscience. 1, 1, p. 52-62

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  38. Published

    The sight of other's pain modulates motor processing in human cingulate cortex.

    Morrison, I., Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Sept 2007, In: Cerebral Cortex. 17, 9, p. 2214-2222

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. 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. 457-464

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Using multi-voxel pattern analysis of fMRI data to interpret overlapping functional activations.

    Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2007, In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 11, 1, p. 4-5

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  41. 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. 975-989

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  42. 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

  43. Published

    Why does the gaze of others direct visual attention?

    Downing, P., Dodds, C. M. & Bray, D. M., 1 Jan 2004, In: Visual Cognition. 11, 1, p. 71-79

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Within-subject reproducibility of category-specific visual activation with functional MRI.

    Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Aug 2005, In: Human Brain Mapping. 25, 4, p. 402-408

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Wolf down a bucket of lettuce? Behavioral and neural interactions between hunger and food preference.

    Piech, R. M., Lewis, J., Owen, A. M., Roberts, A. C., Downing, P. E., Parkinson, C. H. & Parkinson, J. A., 1 Jan 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  46. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  47. 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. 1467-1477

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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