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

The main focus of my teaching is on the Year 3 module entitled "The Social Brain". Humans spend much of their time in the company of other people, whose behaviour is complex, often unpredictable, and highly relevant to our own daily lives. Making sense of all of this places strong demands on the "social brain". We can think of the social brain as a system that continuously (and often unconsciously) seeks answers to questions: Is anyone there? Who is that? What are they looking at? What are they doing? What are they feeling? What are they thinking? How do I feel about them? Modern social-cognitive neuroscience has uncovered a great deal about the brain systems that ask and answer these questions. The module covers important concepts and findings in this area.

One of the tasks that confronts us daily is the requirement to quickly and accurately make sense of the people around us. This involves detecting people in the scene around us, identifying them, perceiving their states (e.g. emotions) and traits (e.g. gender), and interpreting their actions and goals.  Our work has revealed much about the mental processes and brain regions that make it possible for us to perceive this information. Over the years, our projects have been funded by the BBSRC, the ESRC, the Leverhulme Trust, and the DSTL. A new 3-year project, funded by the ESRC, starts in September 2023; it concerns how we are able to rapidly and effortlessly make sense of other people's actions. 

Professor Paul Downing is a member of the Cognitive Neuroscience Institute.

Professor Downing welcomes informal enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in projects related to the cognitive neuroscience of person perception. After reviewing relevant information at his lab web page (https://sites.google.com/view/downinglab/home) please get in touch vial email and include a draft research proposal of 1-2 pages.

Competitive scholarship opportunities available: None at present.

2024

• PublishedAction 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
• PublishedCharacterizing 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printConverging 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRepresentation 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

2023

• PublishedAsymmetric 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTesting cognitive theories with multivariate pattern analysis of neuroimaging data
  Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P., Sept 2023, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 7, p. 1430-1441
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTesting 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

2022

• PublishedThe 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

2020

• PublishedAsymmetric visual representation of sex from human body shape
  Gandolfo, M. & Downing, P., Dec 2020, In: Cognition. 205, 104436.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedExamining 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNeural 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedAutomatic 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCausal 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNeural 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPerceiving 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedNeural Responses to Visually Observed Social Interactions
  Walbrin, J., Downing, P. & Koldewyn, K., Apr 2018, In: Neuropsychologia. 112, April, p. 31-39
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedfMRI 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

2017

• PublishedCategory 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDissecting 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHuman 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedEvidence 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvidencing 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLinking 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedBody 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedExtracting 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
• PublishedLesions 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSeparate 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedBrain 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedA 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedA 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedMapping 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedViewpoint (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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedA 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDivision 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFaces 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLearning 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedReflections 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRepresentations 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedFunctional 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNeural 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSurface-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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUnitary 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedfMRI-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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedAnimate 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDissociation 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMaterial-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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNeural 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• PublishedThe 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

• PublishedControlling 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFace perception: broken into parts.
  Downing, P. E., 23 Oct 2007, In: Current Biology. 17, 20, p. R888-R889
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFunctional 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFunctional 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIs 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOrganization 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedResponse-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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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
• PublishedThe neural basis of visual body perception.
  Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Aug 2007, In: Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 8, 8, p. 636-648
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUsing 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWolf 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

2006

• PublishedA 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
• PublishedAn 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
• PublishedAn 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDomain 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMidcingulate 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
• PublishedPattern analysis of biological motion selectivity.
  Wiggett, A. J., Peelen, M. V. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedPatterns 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2005

• PublishedBold latency in FFA and EBA depends on object category.
  Peelen, M. & Downing, P. E., 1 Jan 2005.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedCortical Representation of Faces, Bodies and their Parts.
  Downing, P. E. & Peelen, M., 1 Jan 2005.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedIs 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSelectivity 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSuppression 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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWithin-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
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2004

• PublishedBodies 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCompetition 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEffects 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
• PublishedSelectivity for the human body in the fusiform gyrus.
  Downing, P. E. & Peelen, M., 1 Jan 2004.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWhy 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2003

• PublishedCompetition in Visual Working Memory for Control of Search.
  Downing, P. E. & Dodds, C. M., 1 Jan 2003.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedFMRI-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
• PublishedStrong 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
• PublishedViewpoint-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 journal › Article › peer-review

2002

• PublishedFacilitation 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
• PublishedScene 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

2001

• PublishedA 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedA 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
• PublishedA 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
• PublishedFunctional 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
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedTesting 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2000

• PublishedInteractions 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 journal › Article › peer-review

• A dynamic interactive account of human visual action understanding

  04/09/2023 – 31/10/2026 (Active)

• SPIRIT

  30/08/2014 – 31/03/2017 (Finished)

• Neurocognitive processes underpinning different aspects of Mental Toughness

  01/10/2013 – 31/07/2018 (Finished)

• Differentiating the contributions of domain-specific regions

  01/01/2012 – 18/08/2016 (Finished)

• TMS and fMRI investigations of the action perception brain network

  01/10/2009 – 31/07/2012 (Finished)

• Investigations Of The Neural Basis

  01/02/2005 – 31/07/2009 (Finished)

Qualifications

BS Cognitive Science, University of California, Los Angeles 1992

PhD Psychology, Princeton University 1998