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. 2015
  2. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  3. 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

  4. 2014
  5. 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

  6. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  7. 2013
  8. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  9. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  10. 2012
  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 2011
  14. 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

  15. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  16. 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

  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

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  19. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  20. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  21. 2010
  22. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 2009
  28. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 2008
  33. 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