Executive Functions and Writing

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Teresa Limpo (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal) Thierry Olive (Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) & Université de Poitiers, France)

Executive Functions and Writing

Teresa Limpo (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal), Thierry Olive (Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) & Université de Poitiers, France)

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Oxford University Press
30 June 2021

Writing skills; Child & developmental psychology; Experimental psychology; Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology; Educational psychology

Executive functions are a set of cognitive processes we use to act on information, manage resources, and plan and monitor our own behaviour, all with the aim of achieving an end goal. These are skills that develop from infancy. While 'reading' has been extensively studied in psychology literature, 'writing' has been somewhat neglected, despite a lack of capability in this area being linked to poverty and social exclusion.

This book is the first comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of the relationship between executive function skills and writing.

It explores its role across the lifespan, addressing all groups of writers, from children and those with learning and language difficulties, to adults and elders. It considers theoretical viewpoints, assessment and methodological issues, and developmental disorders, and closes with insightful commentary chapters that draw future directions for investigating executive functions.

Written by internationally recognized scholars in the field, this is a new and innovative contribution which will provide essential reading among researchers, educators, and graduate students interested in understanding the cognitive underpinnings of writing throughout the lifespan

Edited by: Teresa Limpo (Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences University of Porto Portugal), Thierry Olive (Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) & Université de Poitiers, France)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 576g
ISBN: 9780198863564
ISBN 10: 019886356X
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 30 June 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Teresa Limpo is Assistant Professor at the University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences (Portugal). Her main research interest focuses on the study of the cognitive and non-cognitive factors involved in youngsters' acquisition and development of academic competences. She is author of several articles examining the cognitive and motivational processes involved in the academic skill of writing. Thierry Olive is senior Research Scientist at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France). He carries out research in experimental psychology to understand the capacity of individuals to produce written language. His research investigates the cognitive underpinnings of writing in skilled adult and in children learning to write. He also studies digital writing tools. He has published numerous articles, chapters, books, and special issues on cognition and writing.

Reviews for Executive Functions and Writing

Limpo and Olive (2021) have gathered experts on the writing process and executive functions to produce an informative and welcome volume of current research ... Executive Functions and Writing will be essential reading for writing researchers and writing educators ... A. R. Luria's insight that written composition provides a window on executive functioning - the pinnacle of the brain's capabilities - merits the full attention of cognitive scientists today. * Professor Ronald Kellogg, Journal of Writing Research *