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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2025

Learning Modulates Early Encephalographic Responses to Distracting Stimuli: A Combined SSVEP and ERP Study.

Dock H Duncan, Norman Forschack, Dirk van Moorselaar, Matthias M Müller, Jan Theeuwes

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  3. Predictive Distractor Processing Relies on Integrated Proactive and Reactive Attentional Mechanisms.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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Dock H DuncanDepartment of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands d.h.duncan@vu.nl.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0262-3573
Norman ForschackWilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology, University of Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2525-7059
Dirk van MoorselaarDepartment of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0491-1317
Matthias M MüllerWilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology, University of Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany.
Jan TheeuwesDepartment of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Through experience, humans can learn to suppress locations that frequently contain distracting stimuli. However, the neural mechanism underlying learned suppression remains largely unknown. In this study, we combined steady-state visually evoked potentials (SSVEPs) with event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate the mechanism behind statistically learned spatial suppression. Twenty-four male and female human participants performed a version of the additional singleton search task in which one location contained a distractor stimulus frequently. The search stimuli constantly flickered on-and-off the screen, resulting in steady-state entrainment. Prior to search onset, no differences in the SSVEP response were found, though a post hoc analysis did reveal proactive alpha lateralization. Following search onset, clear evoked differences in both the SSVEP and ERP signals emerged at the suppressed location relative to all other locations. Crucially, the early timing of these evoked modulations suggests that learned distractor suppression occurs at the initial stages of visual processing.

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AttentionEvoked PotentialsEvoked Potentials, VisualLearningAdultElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansMalePhotic StimulationReaction TimeVisual PerceptionYoung AdultalphaattentiondistractionERPPdSSVEPstatistical learning

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PMID40185634
PMCPMC12096050

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