Two experiments combined a spatial cueing manipulation (valid vs. invalid spatial cues) with a stimulus repetition manipulation (repeated vs. nonrepeated) in order to assess the hypothesis that familiar items need less spatial attention than less familiar ones. The magnitude of the effect of cueing on reading aloud time for items that were…

Investigated the nature of orthographic representations accessed during reading, as well as the relationship between reading and spelling representations using additional evidence to that based on normal reading and spelling performance. (Author/VWL)