About the Authors
- Gregory S. Berns
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* E-mail: gberns@emory.edu
Affiliation Center for Neuropolicy, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Andrew Brooks
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Affiliation Center for Neuropolicy, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Mark Spivak
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Affiliation Comprehensive Pet Therapy, Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
Mark Spivak is the president of Comprehensive Pet Therapy (CPT). Gregory Berns and Mark Spivak are founding members of Dog Star Technologies, LLC. Neither CPT nor Dog Star Technologies had any role in the funding, design, analysis or interpretation of these studies. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GB AB MS. Performed the experiments: GB AB MS. Analyzed the data: GB AB. Wrote the paper: GB AB MS.