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. Abstract › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. 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

  3. Paper › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  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 specialized for visual processing of the human body.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  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

    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

  8. Published

    Bold latency in FFA and EBA depends on object category.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  9. Published

    Competition in Visual Working Memory for Control of Search.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  10. Published

    Cortical Representation of Faces, Bodies and their Parts.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Published

    Pattern analysis of biological motion selectivity.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  16. 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

  17. Published

    Selectivity for the human body in the fusiform gyrus.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  22. 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

  23. Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  24. 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

  25. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. 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

  55. 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

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