Paul Downing - Research outputs

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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Asymmetric visual representation of sex from human body shape

Gandolfo, M. & Downing, P., Dec 2020, In: Cognition. 205, 104436.

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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

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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

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Body selectivity in occipitotemporal cortex: Causal evidence

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

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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

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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

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Category selectivity in human visual cortex: beyond visual object recognition

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Face perception: broken into parts.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Interactions between visual working memory and selective attention

Downing, P. E., 1 Nov 2000, In: Psychological Science. 11, 6, p. 467-473

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Neural Responses to Visually Observed Social Interactions

Walbrin, J., Downing, P. & Koldewyn, K., Apr 2018, In: Neuropsychologia. 112, April, p. 31-39

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Patterns of fMRI activity dissociate overlapping functional brain areas that respond to biological motion.

Peelen, M. V., Wiggett, A. J. & Downing, P. E., 16 Mar 2006, In: Neuron. 49, 6, p. 815-822

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Selectivity for the human body in the fusiform gyrus.

Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2005, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 93, 1, p. 603-608

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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

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Suppression of involuntary spatial response activation requires selective attention

Ward, R., Danziger, S., Quirk, R. T., Goodson, L. & Downing, P. E., 1 Feb 2005, In: Visual Cognition. 12, 2, p. 376-394

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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

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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

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Testing cognitive theories with multivariate pattern analysis of neuroimaging data

Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P., 3 Jun 2023, In: PsyArXiv Preprints.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The lateral occipitotemporal cortex in action

Lingnau, A. & Downing, P. E., 3 Apr 2015, In: Trends in Cognitive Science. 19, 5, p. 268-277

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The neural basis of visual body perception.

Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Aug 2007, In: Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 8, 8, p. 636-648

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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.

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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

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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

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The sight of other's pain modulates motor processing in human cingulate cortex.

Morrison, I., Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Sept 2007, In: Cerebral Cortex. 17, 9, p. 2214-2222

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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

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Using multi-voxel pattern analysis of fMRI data to interpret overlapping functional activations.

Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2007, In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 11, 1, p. 4-5

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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

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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

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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

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Within-subject reproducibility of category-specific visual activation with functional MRI.

Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Aug 2005, In: Human Brain Mapping. 25, 4, p. 402-408

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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.

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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

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Functional Neuroimaging of Human Visual Recognition.

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

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