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Description: This is a data repository for the following study. The partially valid cueing paradigm, in which a cue indicates where a target will most likely appear, is a common way to investigate selective attention. For reading words, results using this paradigm are mixed, with some results consistent with a parallel processing model and others consistent with a serial processing model. One possible explanation for this discrepancy is that some designs may have allowed for subjects to switch attention from the cued to the uncued location within a trial. In the present study we used a post-mask to prevent attentional switching. In a semantic judgement task, we found that when words appeared at the uncued location (20% of trials), performance was at chance. Such chance performance is consistent with the all-or-none serial model for selective attention. For masked displays, only one word can be processed at a time.