Distractor rejection in parallel search tasks takes time but does not benefit from context repetitionFootnote^*

* The data that support the findings of this study are openly available on the Open Science Framework at http://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/ZWXBH, reference number ZWXBH.

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