About the Authors

Erik Ceunen

Affiliation Research Group Health Psychology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

Jonas Zaman

Affiliation Research Group Health Psychology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

Johan W. S. Vlaeyen

Affiliations Research Group Health Psychology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium, Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Wim Dankaerts

Affiliation Research Group on Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

Ilse Van Diest

Ilse.VanDiest@ppw.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Research Group Health Psychology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC JWSV IVD WD. Performed the experiments: EC. Analyzed the data: EC JZ. Wrote the paper: EC. Revised the Manuscript prior to first submission: EC IVD JWSV JZ WD. Wrote the sections on analysis of eye blink startle and created the accompanying table: JZ. Created figure 1: EC.