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Prof Paul Downing

Professor in Psychology / Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor

p.downing@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382159

0000-0002-5046-2858

Prof Paul Downing

View Prof Paul Downing’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Additional Contact Information

School 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

Research Interests

Social vision, fMRI, TMS, visual cortex, category selectivity, action perception.

Professor Paul Downing is a member of the Social Neuroscience research group.

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

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.

Publications

2022

  • PublishedAsymmetric visual representation of sex from facial appearance
    Gandolfo, M. & Downing, P., 21 Oct 2022, In: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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. (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 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

Projects

  • 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)

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Qualifications

BS Cognitive Science, University of California, Los Angeles

PhD Psychology, Princeton University

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