Abstract

QUINTERO LOPEZ, Catalin et al. Attention and executive functions un Specific Learning Disorder. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2022, vol.16, n.1, pp.23-39.  Epub Nov 23, 2022. ISSN 1900-2386.  https://doi.org/10.21500/19002386.5432.

Specific Learning Disorder (SLD) is a disorder of biological origin, which interferes with the development of academic skills in reading, writing and arithmetic, persistent throughout the life cycle. The aim of this paper was to identify the characteristics of the cognitive processes of attention and executive functions (EF) in the TEAPZ, through the development of a systematic literature review, using the methodology proposed by Pati & Lorusso (2018), in order to answer the following research question: Q1 What are the characteristics of attention and EF in the TEAPZ? The search period was between 2014 and 2021. The scientific databases; Scopus, WoS and Scielo were reviewed. This paper concludes that the diagnosis of TEAPZ in the cognitive process of attention is associated with difficulties in search, visual tracking and processing speed, in EF there are deficits in planning, inhibitory control and working memory.

Keywords : Attention; Dyscalculia; Dysgrafía; Dyslexia and Executive Functions..

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