1 Synergies between processing and memory in children’s reading span Towse, John N (Lancaster University, UK) Hitch, Graham J (University of York, UK) Horton, Neil (Lancaster University, UK) Harvey, Katarina (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA) Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the ESRC (grant RES000230859). During preparation of the article JNT was a visiting researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, and the University of Kyoto (supported by a fellowship from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science). We are grateful to the following Lancashire schools that co-operated in the research: Bowerham, Hornby and Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed, and for the constructive comments from reviewers. Corresponding address: John N Towse Department of Psychology Lancaster University Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YF, UK Tel: 44-1524-593705, email: j.towse@lancaster.ac.uk