Alfredo Ardila

Alfredo Ardila (September 4, 1946 - January 9, 2021) was a Colombian neuropsychologist. He graduated as a psychologist from the National University of Colombia and received a doctoral degree in neuropsychology from the Moscow State University where he worked with Alexander R. Luria. He published in cognitive and behavioral neurosciences, especially in neuropsychology. His research interests included brain organization of cognition, the historical origin of human cognition, aphasia, and bilingualism.

Ardila was President of the [http://www.asoclatneuropsicologia.com/ Latin American Association of Neuropsychology (ALAN]), [https://web.archive.org/web/20160627080022/http://slan.org/home/ Latin American Society of Neuropsychology], [http://hnps.org/ Hispanic Neuropsychological Society], and member of the Board of Governors of the [http://www.the-ins.org/ International Neuropsychological Society].

He received several academic awards, including the National Prize of Psychology (Colombia, 1980), [http://www.faae.org.co/html/premios.htm Alejandro Angel Escobar Award] Category Science (Colombia, 1997), Prize CNC in Latin American Neuroscience] (Spain, 2012)[https://web.archive.org/web/20180212085112/http://www.humanas.unal.edu.co/psicologia/noticias/novedades/alfredo-ardila-premio-cnc-en-neurociencia-latinoamericana-2012 ref], and Honor Vygotsky Prize (Portugal, 2016).

He was a full Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders [https://web.archive.org/web/20180413052832/http://cnhs.fiu.edu/_assets/documents/about-us/meet-our-faculty/bio/Ardila,%20Alfredo_bio.pdf], Florida International University (Miami). He was also Professor of Psychology at Albizu University in Miami, Florida, Honorary Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Chile, Honorary Member of the School of Medicine, University of Antioquia, and visiting professor at the Department of Psychology of the Moscow State University. Following his retirement from FIU, Ardila held academic positions at the Institute of Linguistics and Cross-Cultural Communication or the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, in Moscow, Russia, and in Albizu University, Miami. Ardila died on January 9, 2021. Ardila should be considered as the father of Latin American neuropsychology and one of the most prominent neuropsychologists in its history. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Diagnóstico del daño cerebral : enfoque neuropsicológico / by Ardila, Alfredo

    Published 2002
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    Neuropsicología clínica / by Ardila, Alfredo

    Published 2007
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    Psicobiología del lenguaje. by Ardila, Alfredo

    Published 1983
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    Lenguaje oral y escrito / by Ostrosky-Solís, Feggy

    Published 1991
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    Hemisferio derecho y conducta : un enfoque neuropsicológico / by Ostrosky-Solís, Feggy

    Published 2003
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    Neuropsi : atención y memoria, 6 a 85 años /

    Published 2003
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