Exploring Cognitive and Psychosocial Dynamics Across Childhood and Adolescence

As the world of education evolves rapidly, understanding the intricacies of emotion, cognition, and language development is becoming increasingly vital. Unfortunately, the existing literature often fails to provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to this complex subject. This knowledge gap leaves scholars, researchers, and practitioners needing a cohesive framework to navigate the challenges of language acquisition and learning difficulties during critical formative years. The groundbreaking book Exploring Cognitive and Psychosocial Dynamics Across Childhood and Adolescence offers a fresh perspective by integrating cutting-edge research from psycholinguistics, neuroscience, and developmental psychology. By synthesizing the seminal works of leading scholars and highlighting innovative studies, this book presents a holistic understanding of language development from preschool to adolescence.

Dr. Maria Sofologi is an Adjunct Ass. Professor at the Department of Early Childhood and Education at the University of Ioannina in Greece. She delivers the courses “Cognitive Psychology”, and “Developmental Psychology”. She is also a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Ioannina in Greece. She holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Cognitive Psychology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. During her master's degree years she trained and practiced different assessment cognitive tools to evaluate all cognitive functions like memory, attention, language, executive functions both in adults and children. She is the key speaker in many European and Hellenic conferences concerning cognitive psychology, educational psychology, special education in children and adults, as well. Her academic work includes a series of many scientific publications, books, and book chapters concerning Cognitive Psychology, Special Education, Educational Psychology, and Cognitive impairments in children and adults as well.

Dimitra V. Katsarou is an Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychopathology and Language Disorders at the Department of Preschool Education Sciences and Educational Design of the University of the Aegean. She studied Philology at the Department of Philology of the School of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She holds three postgraduate degrees (MSc Sports and Exercise Psychology- University of Thessaly, Med Adult Education- Hellenic Open University, MA Education: Special Education- University of Nicosia) and Ph.D. of the Special Education Department of the University of Thessaly. She is a certified adult educator and College teacher and has worked as a special education philologist in public high schools and second chance schools and has developed differentiated material for people with intellectual disabilities. She has worked as an adult educator in private and public Vocational Training Centers, as a teacher in Second Chance Schools, in Lifelong Learning Centers, in Vocational Training Institutes, in the Youth and Lifelong Learning Institute, in the School of Probationary Police and in Private Colleges. She has participated in research projects funded by the University of Thessaly, the National Technical University of Athens, the European Union and the Information Society. She has conducted her postdoctoral research co-financed by six universities in the European Union. She speaks four foreign languages (English, French, Italian, Spanish) as well as Greek Sign Language, writes and reads in the Braille System. She has 29 scholarly publications in influential peer-reviewed journals and more than 100 conference presentations, she has written eleven children's fairy tales and three theatrical plays. She has authored a monograph, four co- editing books, and three editing books in Greek language, as well as participating in several chapters in other scientific publications. She is academically responsible for education, training and education programs of Greek and international organizations and participates as a key researcher in Greek and international research programs, such as Erasmus Plus, Alliance edu, Cost.eu, Erasmus Sport. In parallel with the University of the Aegean, she has worked as adjunct faculty at the University of Nicosia, the University of Thessaly, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Hellenic Open University, the Neapolis University of Paphos and Frederick University. Her research interests focus on the special education of children with intellectual disabilities, neurolinguistics, cognitive processes, autism, developmental psychopathology, speech and language development, genetic syndromes and intergenerational activities.

Dr. Efthymia Efthymiou , Associate Professor at Zayed University (UAE), studies inclusive teaching, classroom discourse, and learning environments that enable every student with disabilities to belong and participate. She brings this lens to medical education, promoting disability-competent, technology-enhanced training. She also works with UAE federal schools to turn research on inclusion and digital access into classroom practice.