About the Authors

Tali Sharot

liz.phelps@nyu.edu

Affiliation Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Matthew L. Davidson

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Meredith M. Carson

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Phelps

Affiliation Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS EAP. Performed the experiments: TS MLD MMC. Analyzed the data: TS MLD MMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS MLD EAP. Wrote the paper: TS EAP.