About the Authors

Andrew B. Newberg

Andrew.newberg@jefferson.edu

Affiliation Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mijail Serruya

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Andrew Gepty

Affiliation Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Charles Intenzo

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Todd Lewis

Affiliation Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Daniel Amen

Affiliation Amen Clinics, Inc., Newport Beach, California, United States of America

David S. Russell

Affiliations Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Nancy Wintering

Affiliation Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Andrew Newberg’s Institution received a grant from GE Healthcare in order to perform the study reported in the paper. However, GE Healthcare had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Dr. Daniel Amen is employed by the commercial company, Amen Clinics, Inc. Dr. John Russell is employed by the commercial company, Molecular Neuroimaging. These affiliations do not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABN MS CI TL DA DR NW. Performed the experiments: ABN MS AG CI TL DA DR NW. Analyzed the data: ABN MS AG CI TL DA DR NW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABN MS AG CI TL DA DR NW. Wrote the paper: ABN MS AG CI TL DA DR NW.