Event-related potential evidence that working memory whether inside or outside a virtual reality environment can reduce the extent of attention capture by irrelevant novel stimuli.

Front Neurosci · 2026 · PMC12957202 · PMID 41788549

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At the central ROI, the effect of the type of deviant failed to reach significance following Greenhouse-Geisser corrections, F (2.4, 44.0) = 2.47, p < 0.09, η p 2 = 0.12 at the central ROI.

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