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In Experiment 2 (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 62), participants completed visual search under no-activation and activation conditions after either the depletion or the no-depletion Stroop condition.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In Experiment 1, the high-depletion group showed longer antisaccade latencies and greater inhibitory control costs, while prosaccade latencies and saccade error rates did not differ significantly across groups. 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