1. 2025
2. 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. 121102

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3. 2024
4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 2023
10. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

11. 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

12. 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

13. 2022
14. 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

15. 2020
16. 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

17. 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

18. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

19. 2019
20. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

21. 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

22. 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. 601-615

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

23. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

24. 2018
25. 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

26. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

27. 2017
28. Published

    Category selectivity in human visual cortex: beyond visual object recognition

    Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P., Oct 2017, In: Neuropsychologia. 105, p. 177-183

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

29. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

30. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

31. 2016
32. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

33. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

34. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

35. 2015
36. 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

37. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

38. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

39. Published

    Body selectivity in occipitotemporal cortex: Causal evidence

    Downing, P. E. & Peelen, M. V., 1 Jun 2015, In: Neuropsychologia. 83, p. 138-148

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

40. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

41. 2014
42. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

43. 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, 6

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

44. 2013
45. 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. 10490-10502

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

46. 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. 7003-7010

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

47. 2012
48. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

49. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

50. 2011
51. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

52. 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. 4122-4137

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

53. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

54. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

55. 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. 1-10

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

56. 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. 87-96

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

57. 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. 593-600

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

58. 2010
59. 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. 153-159

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

60. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

61. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

62. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

63. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

64. 2009
65. Published

    Animate and inanimate objects in human visual cortex: Evidence for task-independent category effects.

    Wiggett, A. J., Pritchard, I. C. & Downing, P. E., 1 Dec 2009, In: Neuropsychologia. 47, 14, p. 3111-3117

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

66. 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 journal › Article › peer-review