Rebecca Gordon obtained a Ph.D. degree from London South Bank University in 2015. Rebecca Gordon is an associate professor and director of the Motor Executive Cognitive Interaction (MECI) Lab at the UCL Institute of Education. She is a Chartered Member and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a member of the Management Committee for the Centre for Educational Neuroscience (CEN). Her research focus is on memory and executive function as it relates to academic outcomes such as reading and mathematics. She is also interested in the relationships between executive functions and dyslexia in children and adults.