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

    Bodies capture attention when nothing is expected.

    Bray, D. M., Downing, P. E., Bray, D., Rogers, J. & Childs, C., 1 Aug 2004, In: Cognition. 93, 1, p. B27-B38

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Published

    An Exploration of Face Selectivity in Human Inferior Frontal Cortex.

    Chan, A. W., Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Competition in visual working memory for control of search.

    Downing, P. E. & Dodds, C. M., 1 Aug 2004, In: Visual Cognition. 11, 6, p. 689-703

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. 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

  9. Published

    Functional Neuroimaging of Human Visual Recognition.

    Downing, P. E., Kanwisher, N., Downing, P., Epstein, R., Kourtzi, Z., Cabeza, R. (ed.) & Kingstone, A. (ed.), 1 Jan 2001, Handbook of functional neuroimaging of cognition. 2001 ed. MIT Press, p. 109-152

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  10. Published

    FMRI-derived maps of discrimination utility for high-level vision.

    Downing, P. E., Chan, A. & Dodds, C., 1 Jan 2003.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Published

    Effects of Viewpoint and Identity in Face- and Body-Selective Cortical Areas.

    Downing, P. E., Chan, A. W. & Downing, P., 1 Jan 2004.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  14. Published

    A cortical area specialized for visual processing of the human body.

    Downing, P. E., Downing, P. & Kanwisher, N., 1 Jan 2001.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  15. Published

    A cortical area selective for visual processing of the human body.

    Downing, P. E., Jiang, Y., Shuman, M. & Kanwisher, N., 28 Sept 2001, In: Science. 293, 5539, p. 2470-2473

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    A cortical area specialized for visual processing of the human body.

    Downing, P. E., Downing, P. & Kanwisher, N., 1 Jan 2001.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  17. 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

  18. Published

    Facilitation of voluntary saccades by fMRI guided 1Hz rTMS of the frontal eye field.

    Downing, P. E., Rafal, R., Lauder, J., Machado, L., Dodds, C. & Downing, P., 1 Jan 2002.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  19. Published

    Face perception: broken into parts.

    Downing, P. E., 23 Oct 2007, In: Current Biology. 17, 20, p. R888-R889

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Competition in Visual Working Memory for Control of Search.

    Downing, P. E. & Dodds, C. M., 1 Jan 2003.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. Published

    Selectivity for the human body in the fusiform gyrus.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. Published

    Cortical Representation of Faces, Bodies and their Parts.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

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