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

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Published

    A compensatory network for voluntary eye movements following a Frontal Eye Field lesion: an fMRI case study.

    Van Koningsbruggen, M. G., Peelen, M. V., Downing, P. E. & Rafal, R. D., 1 Jan 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Published

    An event-related potential component sensitive to images of the human body

    Thierry, G., Pegna, A. J., Dodds, C., Roberts, M., Basan, S. & Downing, P., 15 Aug 2006, In: Neuroimage. 32, 2, p. 871-879

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. 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

  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 journalArticlepeer-review

  13. 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

  14. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Published

    Bold latency in FFA and EBA depends on object category.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  18. 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

  19. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  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 journalArticlepeer-review

  21. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Competition in Visual Working Memory for Control of Search.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  23. 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

  24. Published

    Controlling for interstimulus perceptual variance abolishes N170 face selectivity

    Thierry, G., Martin, C. D., Downing, P. E. & Pegna, A. J., 4 Mar 2007, In: Nature Neuroscience. 10, 4, p. 505-511

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. 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

  26. Published

    Cortical Representation of Faces, Bodies and their Parts.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. Published

    Functional MRI analysis of body and body part representations in the extrastriate and fusiform body areas.

    Taylor, J. C., Wiggett, A. J. & Downing, P. E., 1 Sept 2007, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 98, 3, p. 1626-1633

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. Published

    Is the N170 sensitive to the human face or to several intertwined perceptual and conceptual factors?

    Thierry, G., Martin, C. D., Downing, P. E. & Pegna, A. J., 1 Jul 2007, In: Nature Neuroscience. 10, 7, p. 802-803

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Is the extrastriate body area involved in motor actions?

    Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Feb 2005, In: Nature Neuroscience. 8, 2, p. 125

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

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