1 23 Psychonomic Bulletin & Review ISSN 1069-9384 Volume 22 Number 5 Psychon Bull Rev (2015) 22:1443-1450 DOI 10.3758/s13423-015-0809-4 Effects of word length on eye movement control: The evidence from Arabic Kevin B. Paterson, Abubaker A. A. Almabruk, Victoria A. McGowan, Sarah J. White & Timothy R. Jordan