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  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Reading disabilities are heterogeneous, encompassing dysfluent readers, poor comprehenders, and poor readers.
  • Executive functioning (EF) is linked to reading performance, but specific EF profiles across reading disability types require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine executive functioning differences among students with dysfluent reading, poor comprehension, and combined deficits (poor readers).
  • To compare the EF profiles of these groups with typical readers.

Main Methods:

  • Ninety-one students from Portuguese schools participated.
  • Executive functioning was assessed, including naming speed, cognitive flexibility, processing speed, working memory, and planning.
  • Discriminant function analysis was used to identify discriminating EF variables.

Main Results:

  • Poor readers and dysfluent readers showed deficits in naming speed and cognitive flexibility compared to other groups.
  • Poor readers also exhibited slower processing speed and lower working memory.
  • Planning abilities did not significantly differ across groups.
  • Executive functions better discriminated groups with fluency deficits than comprehension difficulties.

Conclusions:

  • Distinct executive functioning deficit patterns exist across different types of reading disabilities.
  • Findings underscore the importance of considering specific EF profiles for targeted assessment and intervention in students with reading challenges.