Reinhard Werth is professor of medical psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany, and was head of the neuropsychological unit at the Institute for Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the University of Munich until his retirement in 2012. In 1976, he received a doctoral degree in philosophy; in 1986, he received the degree of habilitated doctor of medicine; and in 1987, he received the degree of habilitated doctor of philosophy of science. He performed research on the methodological and neurobiological foundations of consciousness, visual field defects, blindsight, hemineglect, restitution of visual functions in brain-damaged patients, and free will. A further main field of research is the diagnosis and therapy of dyslexia. The author is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.