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Description: In everyday life, we are continuously confronted with relevant and irrelevant information, and distraction is often present both during encoding and maintenance of relevant information. Here, we tested whether the power of alpha oscillations increases during the retention interval of a VWM task, to inhibit task-irrelevant distractors, which were presented continuously throughout the retention interval. Our results do not support this hypothesis. Rather, it appears that distraction during the retention interval decreases alpha oscillations, indicating either a failure to inhibit sustained distraction, or instead a facilitation of VWM processes.