Fig. 2: Overall time course and statistical validation of the event-related lateralization (ERL) elicited by the target (tERL) and the distractor (dERL).

The event-related magnetic field (ERMF) waveforms (colored solid traces) show the hemisphere-collapsed tERL (red) and dERL (green) responses recorded at the blue and purple sensor sites marked in the inset. The Nt and Pd component are highlighted by the red and green area under the curve, respectively. The dashed lines below the waveforms show the time course of statistical differences (log(p)-values) determined with a time sample-by-sample topographical ANOVA (TANOVA, see “Methods”). Significant time ranges corrected for multiple comparisons (threshold shown by the dotted line) are highlighted by light-gray areas. The thin gray traces mark the standard error of the tERL and dERL.