Impact of totally and partially predictive alert in distracted and undistracted subjects: An event related potential study

► Totally predictive warning system facilitates the processing of visual information in distracted and undistracted participants at the behavioral and neurophysiological levels. ► At the behavioral level, partially predictive warning system facilitates the processing of visual information in undistracted participants but no in distracted participants. ► At the neurophysiological level, totally predictive warning system induces a greater facilitation effect than the partially predictive warning system.