Assessment of Executive Functions (Inhibition and Cognitive Flexibility) in Children with Dyslexia

Abstract

The present study seeks to assess executive functions in a group of children with dyslexia enrolled in a primary school in Algiers. The participants were aged between 9 and 11 years and were attending the fourth and fifth grades of primary education. The study focused on the evaluation of specific executive functions, namely inhibition and cognitive flexibility, through the administration of several tests, including an intelligence test, a dyslexia diagnostic test, the Stroop Test to measure inhibition, and a verbal fluency test to assess cognitive flexibility. The descriptive method was adopted, as it was considered the most appropriate approach for this study. The initial sample consisted of seven children who obtained low scores in Arabic language during the second term of the academic year, while the final study sample was limited to six children who met the main criteria of the study.