About the Authors

Brian Knutson

knutson@psych.stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin

Affiliation Psychological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Camelia M. Kuhnen

Affiliation Finance Department, Kellogg School of Management, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BK GS CK. Performed the experiments: BK GS. Analyzed the data: BK GS CK. Wrote the paper: BK GS CK.