About the Authors

Bert N. Uchino

bert.uchino@psych.utah.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychology and Health Psychology Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Timothy W. Smith

Affiliation Department of Psychology and Health Psychology Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

McKenzie Carlisle

Affiliation Department of Psychology and Health Psychology Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Wendy C. Birmingham

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Kathleen C. Light

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BU TS WB KL. Performed the experiments: WB MC. Analyzed the data: BU MC WB. Wrote the paper: BU WB. Read and made substantial comments on manuscript: TS MC WB KL.