The relation between language and executive functions, also known as complex cognitive functions, has already been established in the past by Luria and Vygotsky. This article revises the concept of executive functions from a neuropsychological and cognitive perspective. Some of the executive function recognized models, as well as studies about executive functions in children, are presented. The development of e...
Aiming to define the profile and compare the reading/writing performance of 110 2nd grade children from five public schools, their reading and writing of isolated words/pseudowords and reading comprehension were evaluated. Through cluster analysis, three sub-groups were identified: high (86.36%) reading/writing performance; low (10%) reading/writing performance; and very low (3.64%) reading/writing performance....