Reactive suppression of distractor representations resolves multidimensional interference
Published in bioRxiv, 2025
Using EEG decoding while people ignored three distractions at once, we found that targets and distractors are first encoded in parallel. Distractors are then suppressed around 250 ms after the stimulus appears, more strongly when they caused trouble on earlier trials. Conflict from each distractor lives in its own independent neural subspace.
Recommended citation: Gheza, D., Freund, M. C., Zalabak, T. R., & Kool, W. (2025). "Reactive suppression of distractor representations resolves multidimensional interference." bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.16.688701
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