About the Authors

Donna L. Murdaugh

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Svetlana V. Shinkareva

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Hrishikesh R. Deshpande

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Jing Wang

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Mark R. Pennick

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Rajesh K. Kana

rkana@uab.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK DM. Performed the experiments: RK DM HD. Analyzed the data: DM RK SS JW MP HD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK DM JW HD. Wrote the paper: DM RK SS JW.