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Learning What Is Irrelevant or Relevant: Expectations Facilitate Distractor Inhibition and Target Facilitation through Distinct Neural Mechanisms

Dirk van Moorselaar and Heleen A. Slagter
Journal of Neuroscience 28 August 2019, 39 (35) 6953-6967; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0593-19.2019
Dirk van Moorselaar
1Department of Psychology,
2Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, 1001 NK Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
3Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and
4Institute of Brain and Behaviour Amsterdam, 1081BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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3Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and
4Institute of Brain and Behaviour Amsterdam, 1081BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dirk van Moorselaar, Heleen A. Slagter
Journal of Neuroscience 28 August 2019, 39 (35) 6953-6967; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0593-19.2019

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Dirk van Moorselaar, Heleen A. Slagter
Journal of Neuroscience 28 August 2019, 39 (35) 6953-6967; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0593-19.2019
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  • attention
  • brain
  • EEG
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  • inhibition
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