About the Authors

Julio Fernando Peres

julioperes@yahoo.com

Affiliations Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Spirituality and the Mind, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, PROSER – Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Alexander Moreira-Almeida

Affiliation Research Center in Spirituality and Health, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Leonardo Caixeta

Affiliation School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Goias, Brazil

Frederico Leao

Affiliation PROSER – Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Andrew Newberg

Affiliations Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Spirituality and the Mind, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFP AN. Performed the experiments: JFP AMA LC FL AN. Analyzed the data: JFP AN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFP AMA LC FL AN. Wrote the paper: JFP AMA LC FL AN.