Las funciones ejecutivas y la lectura: Revisión sistemática de la literatura

Gerardo Restrepo; Liliana Calvachi Gálvez; Isabel Cristina Cano Álvarez; Adalberto León Ruiz Márquez

doi:10.18566/infpsic.v19n2a06

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Published: 15-07-2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18566/infpsic.v19n2a06

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Restrepo, G., Calvachi Gálvez, L., Cano Álvarez, I. C., & Ruiz Márquez, A. L. (2019). Executive functions and reading: a systematic review of the literature. Informes Psicológicos, 19(2), 81-94. https://doi.org/10.18566/infpsic.v19n2a06

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Author Biographies

Gerardo Restrepo, Université de Sherbrooke

Médico Neurólogo Infantil

Liliana Calvachi Gálvez, Universidad de Nariño

Magister en Gestión y desarrollo de los Recursos Humanos

Isabel Cristina Cano Álvarez, Institución Universitaria CESMAG

Magíster en Psicología

Adalberto León Ruiz Márquez, Institución Universitaria CESMAG

Phd(c) En educación y Psicología

Gerardo Restrepo

Université de Sherbrooke

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6315-5905

Liliana Calvachi Gálvez

Universidad de Nariño

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8246-4866

Isabel Cristina Cano Álvarez

Institución Universitaria CESMAG

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1559-699X

Adalberto León Ruiz Márquez

Institución Universitaria CESMAG

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3563-7816

Abstract

Executive functions are high level cognitive processes, responsible for the planning, execution and evaluation that the subject makes of their own behavior. Their study is justified since they are involved in the processes of learning and child development and are the very nucleus of the social and adaptive behavior of the human being. Therefore, identifying the factors that intervene in their production has become an essential objective of the research that seeks to develop effective interventions, in the clinical and educational field, in children and adolescents. This article reviews the scientific literature that relates executive functions and academic performance with the reading learning process. The scientific articles on this topic, published from 2010 to 2015, are studied. Out of a total of 34 search results, 6 scientific publications were selected and analyzed according to predefined criteria.

Keywords:

Executive functions, reading, learning, development

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