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
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
- 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. 407-416Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 603-608Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 340-341Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 376-394Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1077-1089Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1329-1342Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1430-1441Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 108-115Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 2407-2410Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 420-422Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 268-277Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 636-648Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 186-203Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 52-62Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 2214-2222Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 457-464Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 4-5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 975-989Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 865-876Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 71-79Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 402-408Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1467-1477Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
- Published
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. 109-152Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Action Understanding
Lingnau, A. & Downing, P., 9 May 2024, Cambridge Elements : Elements in Perception. Cambridge University Press, 76 p. (Elements in Perception).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
- Paper › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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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 conference › Paper
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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 conference › Paper
- 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 conference › Paper
- 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 conference › Paper
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Bold latency in FFA and EBA depends on object category.
Peelen, M. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Competition in Visual Working Memory for Control of Search.
Downing, P. E. & Dodds, C. M., 1 Jan 2003.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Cortical Representation of Faces, Bodies and their Parts.
Downing, P. E. & Peelen, M., 1 Jan 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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 conference › Paper
- 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 conference › Paper
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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 conference › Paper
- 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 conference › Paper
- Published
Pattern analysis of biological motion selectivity.
Wiggett, A. J., Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- 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 conference › Paper
- Published
Selectivity for the human body in the fusiform gyrus.
Downing, P. E. & Peelen, M., 1 Jan 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- 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 conference › Paper
- 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 conference › Paper
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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 conference › Paper
- Poster › Research › Not peer-reviewed
- Published
Representation of Sex from the Face and Body: Evidence from a Visual Adaptation Task
Mitev, D., Koldewyn, K. & Downing, P., Aug 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
- Abstract › Research › Peer-reviewed
- 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 conference › Abstract › peer-review