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Alfredo Ardila was a Colombian neuropsychologist. He graduated in psychology from the National University of Colombia and received his doctorate in neuropsychology from Moscow State University, where he collaborated with Alexander R. Luria.
Ardilla published extensively in the fields of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, especially neuropsychology. His research interests included the brain organization of cognition, the historical origins of human cognition, aphasia, and bilingualism.
Ardilla was president of the Latin American Neuropsychological Association (ALAN), the Latin American Neuropsychological Society, and the Hispanic Neuropsychological Association, and was also a member of the board of directors of the International Neuropsychological Association.
He was a full professor of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Florida International University in Miami. He also served as a professor of psychology at Albizu University in Miami, Florida, an honorary professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile, an honorary member of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Antioquia, and a visiting professor at the Department of Psychology at Moscow State University.
After retiring from Florida International University, Ardilla continued her academic activities at the Institute of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication of the A. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, in Moscow, Russia, as well as at Albizu University in Miami.
