About the Authors

Maik Riedl

Affiliation Cardiovascular Physics, Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Andreas Müller

Affiliation Cardiovascular Physics, Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Jan F. Kraemer

Affiliation Cardiovascular Physics, Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Penzel

Affiliation Department for Cardiology, Sleep Medicine Centre, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Juergen Kurths

Affiliations Cardiovascular Physics, Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Research Domain on Transdisciplinary Concepts and Methods, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany

Niels Wessel

niels.wessel@physik.hu-berlin.de

Affiliation Cardiovascular Physics, Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

Co-author Juergen Kurths and Thomas Penzel are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. However, this does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR TP NW. Performed the experiments: MR. Analyzed the data: MR AM JFK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR NW. Wrote the paper: MR AM JFK TP JK NW.